New Zealand entries have notched up 10 shortlist places overnight at Adfest 2017 in Pattaya, Thailand. Clemenger BBDO led the way with five finalists, Colenso BBDO has four, and Curious Films one.

Ticket prices are slightly scary (scroll down) but CAANZ is talking up its upcoming “exclusive bespoke forum” led by Sydney-based global futurist Anders Sörman-Nilsson.

Women are more equal in the agency environment than they are within brands or tech companies, according to Campaign Asia-Pacific and Kantar’s inaugural gender diversity study.

Colenso BBDO, TVNZ Blacksand & OMD have joined forces to present live – this Tuesday evening – two mates from the ‘Naki’ taking their ongoing rivalry to “epic proportions” in Chad vs Larry.

Machine learning* is revolutionising advertising, Quantcast global ceo Konrad Feldman told PHD clients at a lunch in Auckland this week.

Auckland production house Smoke took a trip to Broadway for the theme song to Three’s ambitious new current affairs vehicle.

Today, the 2017 Facebook Awards are officially open for submissions. The Facebook Awards celebrate creative, provocative work that champions new ways of storytelling, while driving business results. 

New Zealand Interactive Advertising* revenue generated $890.86m for the full year in 2016 and $244.56m in Q4 of the calendar year, according to PwC figures released by the IAB.

The Sydney-based head of ANZ giant APN Outdoor Richard Herring has been rewarded with a million dollar payday after delivering the company strong results since taking it onto the ASX.

Just nine days left to enter MediaWorks/CAANZ Inspiring Individual Award – it closes at 4pm on Friday 31 March. The winner will be announced at the Beacon Awards on Thursday 4 May – and will receive $10,000 to be used to further their education for experience and knowledge to be shared.