Freeman’s Bay indie Republik has been appointed as the Starship Foundation’s advertising, media and strategic comms agency. The incumbent was Whybin\TBWA.
Crayon Animation relaunches
Britomart-based 2D digital animation studio Crayon Animation has relaunched following the return of Creative Director Simon Crane from Ireland.
Fairfax taps Wikileaks/cuppagate star journo
Fairfax Media has appointed Jonathan Milne as Sundays editor. The award-winning news, features and political journalist will oversee the Sunday Star-Times and Sunday News publications for Fairfax.
World’s best social media campaigns
Google’s Giles Tuck and Tui’s William Papesch kept an invited audience of 150 agency executives well entertained & illuminated at this morning’s CAANZ PREScom Champion Speaker series at Kensington Swan in Auckland’s Viaduct precinct.
APN & TRN launch joint sales plan
APN NZ has unveiled its new integrated advertising planning & sales function which aims to provide national and agency clients with a seamless group-wide solution across its media assets, including TRN and GrabOne. The company has appointed Nina Bialostocki to develop the function.
IAB sorry to see interactive champion go
The Interactive Advertising Bureau is looking for a part-time chief executive following the resignation of Alisa Higgins, who in July will become an industry consultant providing marketing and strategic advice to publishers, agencies and marketers.
Call for entries
The Magazine Publishers Association has issued its call for entries for the 2014 Magazine Awards.
ARRIVALS – Stiles to Fairfax, Butcher to Mi9
► Fairfax Media has established a single national marketing team under the direction of group marketing director Campbell Mitchell.
Shorty St studio sold in $1 billion deal
South Pacific Pictures and its parent company, UK- based All3Media, have been bought by Discovery Communications and Liberty Global in deal worth £550 million (NZ$1.1 billion), according to a report today in National Business Review.
Nissan puts its mechanics in the spotlight
Whybin\TBWA is about to launch a new poster and press campaign with a focus on Nissan NZ’s mechanics.
