AUCKLAND, Today: MBM, SweeneyVesty and AKQA are helping Whittaker’s spread the word for the limited-time only return of its Hundreds & Thousands Block, which replicates the Griffin’s Cookie Bear biscuit. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: F@ck Facebook! Should Australia just go it alone? B&T’s newsletter seems to capture the Australian mood quite nicely (except for the timid @ in Fuck). Read More

Mike Gray, the managing director of Go Media, reflects on the Christchurch earthquake, 10 years on to the day – and at 12.51pm all their digital screens ran the same imagery as... Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has advised that its creative advertising competition, The Paper Planes, is returning this year. It launches next Monday 1 March. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: Due to the disruption caused by the recent lockdowns, the closing date for 2021 NZ Radio Awards entries has been extended. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: It’s been a brutally quiet news week as the ad/comms/media sectors readjust to a new working year – reflected in lower ad (and editorial) content in TV & print. The... Read More

NEW YORK, Thursday: One of the key creatives behind Colenso BBDO’s globetrotting DB Export They’re Drinking It For You campaign has been selected to represent New Zealand on the online grand jury... Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: JCDecaux has established a new vertical digital site at the busy intersection of Grafton Road and Khyber Pass Road. Read More

SYDNEY, Today: Facebook is shutting down Australian access, restricting publishers from sharing local and international news – in a direct response to Australia’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code. Read More

WARSAW, Today: A global film company has reached out to NZ, via an intriguing email from Ola Sobieraj, project director for the Papaya Young Directors organisation. Here’s what she wrote ... Read More