AUCKLAND, Sunday: “There are those who love work and keep going well past their sell-by-date: Rupert Murdoch, Logan Roy, and certain New Zealand politicians, for example,” writes Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur.
AU shops produced new Domino’s NZ campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Sydney agency It’s Friday has created a NZ campaign to promote two new Domino’s Pizza products.
Concert FM should be sold – not merged
AUCKLAND, Sunday: An hour-long religious rant, broadcast live from a Ponsonby church and served up plumb in the middle of a programme of stirring music from the world’s great composers?
MediaWorks launches creative studio Passionfruit
AUCKLAND, Thursday: MediaWorks has unveiled the creation of a dedicated in-house creative studio, Passionfruit, with media guru Alex Kenny as creative director.
The Comms Council’s Strategic Planning Lab course is back
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The Comms Council’s Strategic Planning Lab course is back for 2022, and there are still places left. It will be led by DDB NZ chief strategy officer Rupert Price.
Mango wins OneMusic NZ pitch
AUCKLAND, Today: Following a competitive pitch, music licensing outfit OneMusic New Zealand has appointed Mango Communications as its PR agency of record. There was no incumbent.
M+AD taking an Easter break
AUCKLAND, Today: There’ll be no M+AD Daily tomorrow (Good Friday) and Easter Monday. We’ll be back as usual on Tuesday.
Special launches in London
AUCKLAND, Today: Independent NZ agency Special has broken new ground, opening an office in London with Havas’ Jennifer Black as partner and ceo.
Scroll Media puts on weight
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Ad tech business Scroll Media has expanded its sales team with two new appointments. Scott Hughes joins as innovation director to harness strategic opportunities for the business. He was previously at Loyalty NZ, Hughes and was part of the team launching new FlyBuys media propositions to market.
Born Bred, TikTok, Mates In Construction tackle construction workers’ mental health crisis
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Ponsonby creative agency Born Bred has launched a national 360 campaign in collaboration with TikTok and Mates In Construction to tackle New Zealand’s growing national mental health crisis.
