AUCKLAND, Today: “What is failure,” wonders DDB AUNZ CCO Damon Stapleton in his latest, imagination-stretching blog …
The alienation gene
AUCKLAND, Today: Apologies to Bill Ralston and the late, great Paul Holmes, named by M+AD yesterday as suspects in our coverage of Paul Little’s farewell column in the Herald On Sunday.
Lest We Forget
AUCKLAND, Today: Steinlager, with help from DDB, has utilised all of its OOH media to commemorate fallen Kiwi and Australian soldiers on Anzac Day.
The Finalists
AUCKLAND, Today: The Radio Broadcasters Association has released a lengthy list of finalists for the 2020 NZ Radio Awards.
Ralston Aversion?
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “I have been alarmed to see that disdain for the mainstream media has spread to the mainstream media itself,” writes Paul Little, in his farewell column in the Herald on Sunday.
PHD, OMD, GSL, FCB win Marvel comp
AUCKLAND, Friday: A tacky take on the classic Star Wars genre has won a big night out for four NZ media agency teams who produced the five winners for Val Morgan’s MCU (Marvel Comic Universe) competition.
Free billboards for small business
AUCKLAND, Today: Lumo and creative agency Pitchblack Partners have launched Up and Running – a nationwide digital billboard initiative dedicated to helping small businesses get back on their feet.
Brands Zone
LONDON, Monday: Gaming stands to be one of the few winners in an environment where consumers are confined to their homes – and brands are undergoing a mental shift in the way they think about this channel, according to WARC/AdColony’s Tom Simpson.
No M+AD Monday
AUCKLAND, Today: Tomorrow – Saturday 25 April – is Anzac Day 2020, the day that honours the Kiwis & Aussies who’ve fallen in global conflicts.
