AUCKLAND, Today: Toby Talbot has been appointed to Ogilvy AUNZ Network as chief creative officer. He will be based in Sydney – but is expected to pay a lot of attention to his NZ duties. The announcement of his appointment was made late this morning.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: “Just like the L.A.B single, we’re a Rocketship at the moment,” says director Dean Shaw, who is responsible for overseeing Go Media’s aggressive digital expansion.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: The Internet Advertising Bureau has established a Digital Out of Home steering committee in response to the rapidly developing programmatic DOOH field.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Luxe Division of L’Oréal New Zealand has appointed its stable of luxury brands to creative agency Federation. There was a Luxe incumbent agency – but it has yet to be identified.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Stuff, Discovery, Lumo, dentsu, NZME, TVNZ, Digital Commons, VDX.tv (US), MBM, Together, FCB, VDX. Together, Hello, MediaWorks, Mi9, Special, OMD, dentsu, Socialites, OMD. Fuse, Acquire, and Pure SEO were among the finalists named this week for the IAB NZ Digital Marketing Awards in February.