NEW YORK & LONDON, Today: WPP and Spotify have announced a new global strategic partnership that will enable WPP to offer its clients early access to Spotify’s innovative ad products, first-party intelligence and creative ways to reach engaged audiences at scale.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: The 17,680 Nights of July is the latest fundraising campaign for Women’s Refuge via EightyOne.

AUCKLAND, Today: Advertisers, media owners, production and advertising agencies commit to collaborative climate action, in tandem with the Comms Council.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: In a new retail and digital campaign, Lotto New Zealand’s in-house creative team has turned back the clock with a creative look and feel that draws parallels to classic game shows of the 80s.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Blunt Umbrellas has launched its first global brand work with an intricately choreographed film via Thinkerbell Aotearoa.

WELLINGTON, Thursday: Māori health authority Te Aka Whai Ora has launched a new campaign, Presenteeism, via Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Wellington/Rotorua comms agency Wawata Creative.

AUCKLAND, Today: Ponsonby Central has had a makeover, and now there are eight Phantom digital screens on the menu.

AUCKLAND, Today: JCDecaux NZ has switched on its 26th Smartframe in its national network, claimed to be “the first and only digital out-of-home site to reach audiences heading to western suburbs such as New Lynn, Blockhouse Bay, Titirangi, Huia, and Laingholm, as well as the western beaches”.

LONDON, Today: WARC has released Insights from the 2023 Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions, a report identifying trends and themes from this year’s award-winning campaigns, following interviews with jurors, winning teams, and analysis of campaign data.