AUCKLAND, Today: The Commercial team at NZME has developed a new role to better meet the needs of advertisers. Paul Hancox, previously head of revenue, is stepping up into the new role of head of customers & revenue, across both agency and direct clients.

AUCKLAND, Today: Earlier this month, TV1’s Dan the Weatherman ran a series in which he talked to Effie NZ 2018’s international judge Mark Earls about why the top 8 campaigns deserved to win Gold at the 2018 Effies.

AUCKLAND, Today: Now into its second year, Bauer NZ’s Next Women in Media scholarship provides $10,000 for the winning entry to further her career in media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday: Geometry NZ, Ogilvy’s shopper and brand activation agency, has won the Best Campaign in New Zealand category at the Six Dragons marketing awards in Malaysia.

SYDNEY, Thursday: Curious Film has signed British comedy director Lucy Forbes to its roster for Australasia. Known for her witty perspective and snappy storytelling abilities, Forbes is one of the leading voices of the new generation of comedy directors in the UK.

AUCKLAND, Today: The latest Nielsen research was released at noon. The data arrived too late for a thorough analysis of everybody – so our report focuses on the detail (scroll down).

AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Herald has seen an 8% increase year on year in readership to 453,000 print readers, with 806,000 print readers across a week, according to the latest Nielsen survey released this afternoon.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The winners of the 2018 Deloitte Top 200 awards have been crowned at Spark Arena in Auckland, acknowledged for their business excellence and noteworthy leadership across 10 award categories.

A number of readers – mainly Radio Live staffers and their associates – have sided with M+AD’s negative take on the Radio Live/Magic ‘merger’ (in reality, a miserable MediaWorks capitulation and closure).