Sydney-based Asia-Pacific mobile engagement company Big Mobile is reporting “spectacular results” since it formed a joint venture with Swedish mobile advertising company Widespace to roll out the European outfit’s DSP (digital signals processor) across Australia & NZ.
Arrivals & Departures: APN Outdoor taps $1 million man
APN Outdoor has appointed Sydney-based James Warburton as Australia & New Zealand chief executive officer, effective Monday 22 January 2018. His appointment follows the departure of veteran Richard Herring, who is retiring after 22 years in the job.
Insight & bcg2 make finals in New York
Two NZ agencies have made it through to the shortlist stage of the 2017 Global Awards (which reward Healthcare campaigns).
Arrivals & Departures: Isentia taps Queenslander for NZ role
Auckland-based data intelligence business Isentia has today announced the appointment of a new country manager for New Zealand, Russ Horell.
Malware agency a threat to website revenue
The Government has effectively taken a swipe at the NZ ad business by setting up something called the Computer Emergency Response Team (aka Cert), a state agency that is urging consumers to install adblocking software.
Aussies issue NZ entry call
Sydney-based Campaign Brief has issued the entry call for its 2018 CB Australian Agency of the Year, and the CB New Zealand Agency of the Year.
Haunted M&M’s? Your favourite candy, now with ghosts in it
On Friday 13th, M&M’s NZ began pre-haunting boxes of M&M’S in preparation for the Halloween season. Here’s the blurb from Colenso …
ASB, WiTH, Curious sign Wilderpeople’s Rachel House
Downtown Auckland shop WiTH Collective has launched an integrated data-driven campaign and brand relaunch for ASB’s credit card rewards programme, True Rewards.
Wanted: Sponsor for Banksy show
Wellington arts promoter Stewart Macpherson is seeking sponsors to help him mount an Auckland exhibition in NZ of the art of Banksy – the celebrated English street artist of uncertain identity.
Out went the Silver Strings – in came John, Paul, George & Ringo
Johnny Douglas, the broadcasting programmer who introduced state-owned radio to The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino in the late 1960s, died in Wellington last week aged 79.
