Fairfax Media executive editor Sinead Boucher says stuff.co.nz has reached a unique audience of 1,849,000*, a new record that sees the popular news & information site overtake Trade Me for the first time. “This increases Stuff’s audience lead over rival news sites nzherald.co.nz and Yahoo,” she said.

The Magazine Publishers Association is inviting agencies and their clients to the 2015 Magazine Conference Embracing Disruption, a one-day event for “anybody interested in the challenges and opportunities shaking up the media world today”.

CAANZ has issued the entry call for the 2015 NZ Effie Awards, to be held again this year at The Langham Auckland.

APN Outdoor NZ says it is keeping “an interested eye” on Australia’s Outdoor Media Association plans to introduce an automated transaction platform (ATP) next year.

Publicis Worldwide is launching a new logo across its global network of over 13,000 people in 84 countries.

Contrary to popular opinion, mobile screens are regularly being tapped for streaming longer-form video, according to Mobile Video Usage: A Global Perspective, a new comprehensive survey of consumers from 24 countries around the world who watch smartphone video, published by the US Interactive Advertising Bureau and 24 IABs around the world including New Zealand.

Nielsen’s Newspaper & Magazine readership topline comparatives for Q2 2014-Q1 2015 have just been issued this morning. Ditto the ABC audits – now released simultaneously with the Readership figures – have just gone live.