LONDON, Monday: Eight-two percent of global consumers approve of brands running Covid-related advertising, according to a new WARC/GlobalWebIndex report. In NZ, the approval rating is 78%, and in the US it’s 77%.

AUCKLAND, Today: Newmarket agency Tenfold Creative are talking up the example of a client who appears to be turning the Covid-19 disaster on its head.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ-owned, St Heliers-based design & digital agency Wove is now offering a special $75 hourly rate across their current range of services to support New Zealand businesses during the Covid-19 crisis.

LONDON, Today: Colenso BBDO is the only NZ agency to make the first shortlist – in the Marketing Effectiveness category – for the WARC Awards 2020.

SINGAPORE, Wednesday: The Spikes Asia – like the Cannes Lions, another Covid-19 victim – has announced that the 2020 festival will no longer take place in October as planned.

AUCKLAND, Today: PrintNZ has announced the top five finalists in this year’s Apprentice of the Year Award. PrintNZ is the Industry association for the print, packaging and visual communication industries.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: WPP AUNZ ceo Jens Monsees receives a fixed salary of A$1.5m, according to a story published in Aussie adsheet Mumbrella (which in turn quoted the WPP annual report).

NZ HERALD EDITORIAL: “We are hearing a bit less from the Prime Minister about being kind, and a bit more about arrests!”

AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu Aegis Network NZ has appointed Gavin Becker as managing director of its digital experience agency, Isobar. He replaces Ian Howard, who left the company in March – for parts unknown.

AUCKLAND, Today: Alexander PR has released a Covid-19 guide for businesses – written by the agency’s entire staff. The authors were steered by agency Issues and Crisis PR legal consultant Kate Alexander, who said they’d been “inundated with calls for help”.