The 2018 NZ Radio Awards has announced its call for entries – they open this Monday 22 January, and will once again be driven through the Radio Awards website.
Colenso’s Adfest star sings NZ praises
Colenso BBDO CCO Levi Slavin has been appointed president of the Film Lotus and Radio Lotus at Adfest 2018 in Thailand (runs Monday to Friday, March 21-24).
Arrivals & Departures: MediaWorks promotes radio chief
MediaWorks has appointed Tim Lockhart to the new position of Head of Commercial – Radio Direct, leading all direct revenue for radio and digital, and managing MediaWorks’ regional sales and operations teams across New Zealand.
Global OOH awards entry call
Fepe International, the Switzerland-based organiser of global annual out-of-home advertising awards – to be held this year in Sorrento from Wednesday 6 June to Friday 8 June – has issued its entry call, and added a new Rising Star category.
Lighting the way
The Comms Council has teamed up with NZME to give prospective Beacon Awards winners a leg up for this year’s big media awards show later this year (entries close on Friday 23 February – scroll down for the link).
Tau Hou hari
Hello again, dear reader. Welcome to the first edition of M+AD Daily for 2018. We’ve no big changes planned – just a continuation of our daily, personalised newsletter.
Cirkus & Raydar contort olive tree roots for Lupi
Cirkus and Raydar came to us just before Xmas with a lovely 30” TVC for Deoleo to promote the world famous Lupi olive oil.
Arrivals & Departures: Pead MD goes solo (updated)
Leading independent communications agency Pead PR has announced that MD Becky Erwood will step down mid-February to embark on a new business venture.
True reunites Transtasman legends for Air NZ
Plaza helmsman Paul Middleditch has reunited legendary Downunder actors Bryan Brown and Sam Neill on-screen as the distinctive voices behind the latest instalment of Air New Zealand’s Better Way to Fly campaign, developed by True NZ to convince more Australians to fly the Kiwi airline across the Tasman and beyond.
Aussies sell daily news site to the US
Aussie media & advertising news site Mumbrella, a similar business to M+AD (but far bigger), has just been sold. The sales price was not revealed – but M+AD estimates it at around A$7 million.
