PARIS, Today: “Dear Ed,” writes Gerety Awards cofounder Joe Brooks, “I wanted to send you my thoughts on a judging session in New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME lifestyle magazine Viva has appointed Lorde as guest editor and cover-star of its upcoming glossy edition, on sale in retail outlets Aotearoa-wide on Monday 28 February.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh!media New Zealand has expanded its advertising-funded street furniture network across the greater Auckland region.

HAMILTON, Today: Waikato-based digital billboard company Globox is now accepting all major cryptocurrencies as a payment method; effective immediately.

SYDNEY, Today: The total Australian TV advertising market (including metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and broadcaster BVOD video-on-demand recorded combined revenue of A$4.1 billion (NZ4.5b) for the year to December 2021, up 19.9%.

AUCKLAND, Today: Newton-based creative & production agency Motion Sickness has created a campaign relaunching the 20-year-old Energy Online brand, and giving birth to Frank*Energy.

AUCKLAND, Today: Online news service The Spinoff, with the guidance of Daylight Creative, has launched Aotearoa Published Daily – the first brand campaign in its seven-year history.

AUCKLAND, Today: A new campaign by The Goat Farm highlights what the National Business Review isn’t brought to you by, and introduces the brand promise: “Proudly brought to you by you”.

AUCKLAND, Today: Ogilvy NZ has boosted its leadership team with two new hires following new business wins. Kristal Knight, previously creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, has joined Ogilvy as executive creative director, and Nick Salter, previously group strategy director at Special Group NZ, is Ogilvy’s new head of strategy.