Y&R managing director Steve Kane has asked M+AD to put some distance between his agency and Animates – which yesterday awarded its advertising business to bcg2. Read More

Sixteen Kiwi entries – from Y&R, Special Group, and Clemenger Wellington – have made the third wave of finalists for Australia’s AWARD Awards, joining Saatchi & Saatchi, Colenso BBDO, and DDB who... Read More

Colenso BBDO has six finalists through at AdFest, which is now under way in Pattaya, Thailand. Clemenger/Proximity Wellington had one finalist spot. Read More

Sugar&Partners have created a poster campaign for an anti-bacterial toothbrush – designed specifically to combat the fecal matter that gets deposited while on toothbrushes in bathrooms with toilets. Read More

After a comprehensive agency review and pitch process, bcg2 has been appointed as the Animates creative agency encompassing their retail and professional services portfolio. The incumbent was Y&R. Read More

A senior executive at a major adblocking company says the technology has developed as a ‘blunt instrument’ and said he does not expect the saturation levels of the technology to go much... Read More

M+AD unearthed a can of worms when we followed up a reader’s comment that we’d got yesterday’s photo of Scott Kelly wrong. It turns out that there are no fewer than four... Read More

New research conducted by Colmar Brunton on behalf of News Works reveals that 50% of people over 45 years old say they plan to travel around NZ or overseas in the next... Read More

Marketers are wasting money on useless social media campaigns because they believe Facebook, Instagam and Twitter are a “cooler” way to advertise than traditional, more effective media such as print or TV,... Read More