Christchurch-based billboard operator Go Media has won the Mana/Newlands bus advertising contract for the greater Wellington area. The incumbent was iSite.

After a strategic pitch process, Yealands Family Wines has appointed Special Group to be its global design and advertising agency partner.

A crowd of around 200 media & music industry people turned out in Auckland last week for the 2015 edition of The RadioShow – an annual event organised by the radio industry to showcase NZ artists.

The Pepsi ON campaign by OMD and Colenso BBDO has won top digital honours in the 2014 Yahoo New Zealand Digital Strategy Awards.

Executives from the Toronto Star have admitted paywalls did not work for them and said promoting stories inside the newspaper is a waste of time, arguing the space can better be used for editorial or advertising.

MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries writes: “He’s given us the Vmotion project and Vrobbers, some witty Axis & YoungGun-awarded long copy ads for Westpac; a funny Fresh Up Powerful Refreshment TV campaign, and in 2013, he won the Young Lotus competition at Adfest.

ANZ Bank head of corporate marketing & sponsorship Sue McGregor, with Sporstbet Australia head of communications Ben Hawes will address adland – and showcase their best work – at the next instalment of the CAANZ PREScom Champion Speaker Series. Sportsbet is Australia’s biggest corporate bookmaker.