MediaWorks has appointed Oskar Alley as the lead digital editor in the Newshub team. He joins Newshub from Wellington’s Dominion Post where he held a variety of roles including assistant editor, chief reporter, and most recently deputy editor.
Young media agency stars head to Hanoi bootcamp
Asia’s media agencies – including Carat, Dentsu, Mindshare, OMD, OMG, and ZenithOptimedia – are gearing up for Campaign Asia’s MediaWorks, a four-day bootcamp-style training course to be held Wednesday-Saturday 26-29 April in Hanoi, Vietnam.
‘Brave’ Torch Awards entry call
New York, NY – January 17: New York Festivals Torch Awards, a unique creative competition for young creatives 18-27 years old, has opened for entries, and partnered with Today, I’m Brave, a registered nonprofit, whose dynamic mission celebrates people performing Brave acts every day and everywhere.
BCG2 creates multilingual surf messages
Adshel has introduced its new ethnicity targeting initiative, using NZ Census data, enhanced with Roy Morgan’s Single Source data, to identify audiences where they live and work.
Pact opens China to NZ advertisers
VeNA announces exclusive partnership with iClick Interactive, to provide New Zealand advertisers with access to Chinese audiences.
Labour of love
Phantom Billstickers’ publishing phenomenon Café Reader, the free print title published four times a year and widely distributed around bars and coffee shops, is back.
Pride In Print returns to Christchurch (updated)
Pride In Print is returning to the Garden City this year, with Wigram’s Air Force Museum of New Zealand to host the print industry’s gala event on Friday May 12.
Clemenger steers NZTA in new direction
Clemenger BBDO is giving the New Zealand Transport Agency’s long-running, hard-hitting anti-speed campaign a makeover.
US cannabis adspend grows
NEW YORK: The legal cannabis market in the US and Canada was worth US$6.7bn in 2016 – and continues to grow rapidly with adspend following a similar trajectory.
Axis 2017 draws nigh
Just three weeks till entries close for Axis 2017 – at 4pm on Tuesday 24 January. This year’s awards show will be held at the Viaduct Events Centre on Thursday 16 March.
