SYDNEY, Today: WPP AUNZ has recorded a 68.5% drop in headline profit before tax – from A$26.9m to A$8.5m, and a 61.5% decline in headline earnings before interest and tax – from A$34.6m to A$13.3m – in its half-year results. Headline profit after tax fell 70.4% to A$4.7m.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso BBDO has produced a new campaign for the launch of Tui’s new Hard Soda. Ironically, The Full of Flavour, Not Itself campaign uses influencers to highlight just how clichéd brands and influencers have become curating their perfect Instagram shots.

AUCKLAND, Today: Four months after the Bauer exit,  North & South is back in business with a new team. Career journalists Konstantin Richter and Verena Friederike Hasel (both from Berlin) put in a bid for the title when it was first offered for sale. Twelve weeks later they were told theirs was the winning offer.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association has engaged MDS AdSchool programme leader Kate Humphries to conduct a one-day Mastering the Creative Brief workshop.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Phantom Billstickers reports business on the streets in the north continues “more or less” the same as before – despite the lockdowns.

AUCKLAND, Today: Charlie’s – maker of juices, quenchers, coolers and smoothies – has selected Special Group’s design team to refresh their brand.

BUSAN, Wednesday: Colenso BBDO CCO Levi Slavin and DDB CD Rory McKechnie have been selected as finals jurors for the Ad Stars 2020 Awards.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: MediaWorks has appointed Chris Lloyd as head of radio promotions, integration & events, a new role designed to improve the capability of each business stream while driving performance, idea innovation and creation of best practices that will align the three teams.

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In response to challenging economic conditions created by Covid-19, oOh!media has announced 22 redundancies across the business in NZ and Australia.