AUCKLAND, Friday: NZ’s five major metro daily newspapers – The New Zealand Herald, Waikato Times, The Dominion Post, The Press and Otago Daily Times – continue to thrive, according to the latest Q3 national readership report out of Nielsen, released today (scroll down for the PDF).

AUCKLAND, Friday: The NZ Listener, TV Guide and NZ Woman’s Weekly are holding their own in the weekly title numbers reviewed in latest Nielson Q3 magazines toplines, released today (scroll down for the PDF).

AUCKLAND, Today: My Food Bag has appointed MBM as its lead media, analytics and e-commerce partner, as well as MBM-owned Breakout Room as a content partner. At press time it was unclear if there’d been a pitch, or an incumbent.

AUCKLAND, Today: The latest data from Nielsen shows Stuff has retained its national leadership position, reaching 3.454 million New Zealanders a month across print and digital.

CANNES, Today: Next year’s Cannes Lions are undergoing a refresh, including change, and preparing to introduce the industry to a new category – the Entertainment Lions for Gaming.

PARIS, Thursday: What are under-13s doing on social networks? French agency Heaven made some startling discoveries when they asked Euro kids the question via the Génération Numérique Association’s Born Social study.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: For the second year running, Dentsu International has collectively gathered and published the insights and predictions of all its global media agencies into the ultimate 2023 Media Trends guide for marketers worldwide.