The Autumn issue of Phantom Billstickers’ feisty music, poetry & arts magazine Cafe Reader is now on sale around NZ.

Issue #9 contains 88 pages, featuring work by Genevieve McClean, Gavin Shaw, Jeanne Bernhardt, Nick Theobald, Ivy Alvarez, Nidar Gailani, James George, Peter Olds, Buster Stiggs, Stephen Oliver, Michael O’Leary, Alan Harold (art), Kay McKenzie Cooke, Michael Gould/Will Saunders (art), Wayne Seyb, Nicky Taylor, Dominic Hoey, and Chris Knox.

Facebook has updated its Blueprint eLearning site site to ensure compatibility with lower bandwidth connections and improve accessibility to the full Blueprint platform.

Media star Bill Ralston last night launched his campaign for the Auckland Council’s Waitemata & Gulf seat with a stinging attack on council leadership, a vow to sell council-owned assets, and support for joint ventures with business.

APN News & Media has this morning announced the resignation of Jane Hastings as ceo of NZME, and the appointment of current NZME chief financial officer, Michael Boggs as her replacement, effective Friday 8 April.

Special Group Australia has recognised as AdNews magazine’s Emerging Agency of the Year – just over a year since the Auckland agency established its fast-growing Sydney branch.

In celebration of 2016 International Women’s Day, DDB Worldwide (including DDB NZ) has launched Talent Has No Gender, a social campaign and call-to-action that supports the agency’s commitment promoting gender equality at DDB and throughout the advertising industry. 

China – along with Weibo and WeChat – is the future of social media, writes Richard Spencer*, the Sydney-based head of iSentia Two Social (NZ is part of his brief): “With more social media users than the US and Europe combined, China is well on its way to becoming the largest digital economy in the world – so how can NZ businesses capitalise on this using social media,” he asks.

Writer, columnist, humourist, and TV3 7 Days regular Urzila Carlson will emcee this Thursday’s Axis Awards at the Viaduct Events Centre in downtown Auckland.