AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger BBDO Wellington MD Brett Hoskin and director of social marketing Linda Major have been enlisted by the Marketing Association for a live-streamed Covid-19 review.
Bauer Sold
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bauer Media has agreed to sell its Australian publishing business – and the remains of its NZ business – to Australian private equity firm Mercury Capital.
Pencil Power
LONDON, Today: Overnight, TBWA NZ has picked up New Zealand’s only D&AD Yellow Pencil for ANZ’s Mr Humfreez in the Direct/Direct Innovation Category.
Blind Date
AUCKLAND, Today: Yesterday’s post about the Effie 2020 entry call was slightly premature – due to last-minute changes on the Comms Council website.
In the Saddle
AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated Kingsland-based creative agency Darkhorse has been appointed to manage the AUNZ public relations & social media for The Hotel Britomart’s launch.
UX sage joins Frank
AUCKLAND, Today: Award-winning UX virtuoso Harry Sturt has been snapped up as senior user experience & design lead at CBD-based creative & ad tech agency We Are Frank.
NZ moves beyond Linear
AUCKLAND, Today: Telaria, Inc. (now part of Rubicon Project), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, has formed a collaboration with TVNZ and MediaWorks to offer new opportunities to advertisers looking to reach digital viewers beyond linear TV.
Korea wants Kiwi judges
AUCKLAND, Today: South Korea’s premier creative show Ad Stars 2020 is keen to recruit New Zealand jurors for this year’s comp, to be held in Busan.
Adobe taps Overdose
AUCKLAND, Today: Newmarket-based agency start-up Overdose has been named Adobe’s APAC 2020 Digital Experience Solution Partner of the Year for Commercial.
Spring Box
AUCKLAND, Monday: BC&F Dentsu and Subaru have produced a new campaign to introduce the new e-Boxer Hybrid to the market.
