NZME Radio has launched its leading hip-hop and R’n’B brand Flava on 106.1 FM in Gisborne, effective Monday 31 August.

Clemenger BBDO Wellington’s celebrated Mistakes TVC has taken out the US$10,000 Public Service Grand Prix at the 2015 AdStars Festival in Busan, South Korea.

Yahoo New Zealand has today announced the commercial launch of Tumblr in Australia and New Zealand, with ceo/founder David Karp visiting Sydney for the first time this week.

An initital public offer and float of Herald publisher NZME is still a possibility, according to a report (written by Jamie Gray) in today’s Herald’s The Business.

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Colenso BBDO planner Ed Gunn will represent New Zealand at the 4th annual invitation-only Creative LIAisons which runs alongside the LIA International Awards judging in Las Vegas in October.

The much-discussed relationship between Colenso and VW is nearing a climax, with the parties holding confidential talks – apparently in an effort to accommodate global alliances with other agency groups that VW deals with. As of this morning, however, it appears that Colenso is still firmly in the frame.

Auckland-based The Intermedia Group has launched digital versions of its print titles FMCG Business and Hospitality.

New Zealand and Australian Netflix users can now save time, money and their data allowances thanks to NightShift, a device available exclusively from Kiwi internet provider Wireless Nation.

Tim Richardson of media company VeNA (offices in Auckland, Singapore and Sydney) has become the first New Zealander to sit and pass the globally recognised IAB Digital Media Salesperson Certification exam.