AUCKLAND, Today: Coca-Cola has made its call after a global media review, keeping WPP Open X across most markets while handing North America to Omnicom. For WPP, that includes retaining the business... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Vogel’s might be one of New Zealand’s best-known loaves, but McCann New Zealand is taking a fairly bold position on the pantry staple. It’s not bread. It’s toast. Technically, yes,... Read More
The combined audience for Radio New Zealand’s two non-commercial networks is just 604,400 listeners per week – a share of 12.8%, according to the latest Gfk survey, released yesterday. Read More
CAANZ has announced the entry call for NZ’s premier creative awards, Axis 2017 – to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre on Thursday 16 March. Read More
The Epica judges finally came to the party, awarding Colenso’s groundbreaking DB Brewtroleum three Silvers. Astonishingly, though, this campaign – which has swept all before it at most of the major global... Read More
The NZ public relations sector is setting up a debrief on the Rio Olympics marketing campaign featuring the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Getty Images and ANZ. Rio was a triumph for the... Read More
Sydney – Getty Images and global youth media brand Vice Media (now part of the WPP empire) have embarked on a global content partnership that sees clips from Vice’s award-winning content made... Read More
NEW YORK –WPP’s Data Alliance and Spotify today announced a global partnership for collaboration in data, insights, creative, technology, innovation, programmatic solutions, and new growth markets. Read More
Auckland-based retail agency 99 has won the Kiwi Property account, New Zealand’s largest listed property company. The agency issued a statement announcing the win – but did not mention a pitch or... Read More
Colenso BBDO (with Proximity) and DDB have scored two Golds apiece at the Mashies digital & social creative awards in New York. Colenso also picked up three finalist spots, and DDB one. Read More
Sky NZ’s Viacom-owned 24-hour comedy channel Comedy Central is calling out to local comedians, producers, YouTubers and animators to submit pitches for the brand’s first local New Zealand series, as the channel... Read More
Freemans Bay PR outfit Beat Communications has dissolved its business, cutting loose most of its clients – including the big one, Frucor. Read More