SYDNEY, Monday WPP AUNZ, one of the region’s leading creative tech companies, has announced the return of the majority of salary sacrifices made by staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

LONDON, Today: Global advertising spend is on course to fall by 10.2% – US$63.4bn – to US$557.3bn in 2020 as traditional media have their worst year on record, according to WARC Data.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Retail media owner Hypermedia has teamed up with MBM to produce a network-first custom build for Tip Top utilising the Prime Retail media network.

SYDNEY, Today: London-based WPP plc, majority shareholder of WPP AUNZ, has sent an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the ordinary shares in WPP AUNZ that it does not already own – at a price of A$0.55 per share in cash.

AUCKLAND, Today: A 55-year-old woman, who police believe may have been the victim of a homicide, was the owner and sole shareholder of Digipost, a one-time pillar of TV post in NZ.

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has this morning published the results of an historic investigation into itself, and issued a public apology for the way the media organisation has portrayed Māori from its first editions to now.

AUCKLAND, Friday: New Zealander Carl Allan has today launched Pedestal, a Perth-based global business platform providing a one-stop website & online marketing hub specifically for tradies.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom Billstickers has curated a selection of original works by Kiwi poets Becky Woodall, Eamonn Tee, Simon Sweetman, Ruby Porter, Steve Thomas and David Eggleton.