NZ has garnered a total of another 14 shortlist places overnight at the Cannes Lions – one in Mobile, six in Media, two in Press, and five in Outdoor, bringing the NZ shortlist total in the first two days to 38 (scroll down for yesterday’s reports).

Colenso BBDO Auckland was named Creative Agency of the Year at the Mumbrella Awards in Sydney overnight.

“Over 12,000 ad people and associated hangers on have descended on Cannes in the south of France for the yearly celebration of this noble industry,” writes FCB senior creative Peter Vegas in his first exclusive report for M+AD.

Now that the dust has settled on the inaugural Beacon Awards, CAANZ is keen to ascertain what you thought.

iHeartRadio has launched the Official NZ Top 40 weekly chart – updated every Friday evening and free via the iHeartRadio app and website.

“It all came about when the team was reminiscing about watching the weekly Top 40 chart on TV every Sunday morning,” says TRN’s Carolyn Luey.

Fairfax Media has announced a strategic investment in shopping innovation start-up Pricemaker. The media company has become a 50% shareholder in the business, in a move which “supports their commitment to growing mobile and digital capabilities to benefit customers and audiences”.

NZ has picked up a total of 24 shortlist places overnight at the Cannes Lions – three in PR, eight in Promo & Activation, 11 in Direct, one in Pharma, and one in the Young Director Award.

Clemenger BBDO has won two Wellington-based accounts left homeless by the departure of M&C Saatchi in April.

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