New Zealand radio survey organiser GfK has supplied further information about the latest Q4 radio survey – data that was not included in the GfK/Radio Broadcasters Association media release that M+AD used for its report last week.

The Comms Council has issued its call for entries for 2018 Beacon Awards (held in association with NZME).

Spark PR & Activate and client DB Breweries have brought home the World’s Best PR Campaign for Media Relations trophy at the ICCO Global PR Awards for their work on the DB Export Beer Bottle Sand campaign.

Lifestyle marketing agency MKTG NZ has been trialling the Isaac proximity sensor with key clients over the past year – a product that will now be widely available in 2018. The sensor is pegged to significantly reduce the pain points of tracking and measuring the effectiveness of live experience and retail environments.

Mediaworks group content director Leon Wratt has challenged M+AD’s reporting of Q4 radio survey data provided by the Radio Broadcasters Association on Thursday, and published in M+AD on Friday.

The Cannes Lions is seeking “unusual, original and unique” submissions from anyone, anywhere in the world, to speak at Cannes 2018, all expenses paid.

London: It was announced Friday that Terry Savage, chairman of Cannes Lions, will leave the festival following the 2018 event.

Newstalk ZB is NZ’s No 1 commercial radio network – by a comfortable margin – according to the latest Q4 results out of the Radio Broadcasters Association’s GfK Q4 2017 report. The network also won Breakfast, with Mike Hosking scoring a massive 14.2% of the audience (ahead of More FM Breakfast’s 9%).