SYDNEY, Wednesday: Nine Entertainment boss Mike Sneesby was the top-paid media executive in the 2023 financial year, earning $A3.4 million in total pay with close to half a million paid in a cash bonus, according to a report  by Darcy Song in Mumbrella.

LONDON, Wednesday: The winners of the Shots Awards Asia Pacific 2023 have been revealed, with DDB Group Aotearoa being awarded Bronze for Agency of the Year through the agency’s work for The Smart Network and Correct the Internet. The awards have a focus is film.

AUCKLAND, Today: One of New Zealand’s best-known exports is now helping promote tourism in new content created by Tourism New Zealand and Augusto.

AUCKLAND, Today: “The best Te Wiki o te Reo Māori projects are the ones that exist all year round, like Four Square’s Rārangi Kai app, in collaboration with Run and FCB Aotearoa,” says Run’s cultural director Ariana Stone.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading NZ media intelligence company Isentia has bolstered its TV and radio monitoring service, with the launch of all-new speech recognition capability that includes te reo Māori, with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tangata whenua staff.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Globox has launched five new digital billboards – four in Christchurch and one in Whangarei – bringing their total portfolio in New Zealand to 35.

SINGAPORE, Monday: NZ agencies scored prolifically at last night’s Asia-Pacific Effie Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel – with Special, Tribal (DDB Group), Colenso BBDO, OMD, DDB, Track+Tribal and Run (both DDB Group) taking home a bundle of medals.

AUCKLAND, Today: Special had a dominant night at the APAC Effie Awards, winning 3 golds and 5 silvers and a bronze. They also claimed both ‘Agency of the Year’ and ‘Independent Agency of the Year,’ marking their second double win.

AUCKLAND, Friday: The finalists for the 2023 People’s Choice Award at the Outstanding Radio Creative Awards (ORCA) have been revealed, and you can now cast your vote!