AUCKLAND, Friday: Bauer Media scored 23 finalist spots in the 67 categories of the 2020 Voyager Media Awards, including Magazine of the Year noms for titles that no longer exist – Metro and The Listener.

LONDON, Friday: New Zealand has performed above its weight at the Oscars of the DM world – the 2020 Caples Awards, winning four Golds, 11 Silvers, and 30 Bronzes.

AUCKLAND, Today: Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking was awarded Best Talk Presenter–Breakfast or Drive at a live (virtual) videocast of the 2020 NZ Radio Awards today.

AUCKLAND, Today: With New Zealand now in Level 2, many parents are returning to employment in their normal place of work. After many weeks of sharing the kitchen table with the children in their house, NSPR took this unique opportunity to see what their children think they do all day. 

AUCKLAND, Today: M+AD threw the cat among the pigeons yesterday with our dangerous suggestion that The Radio Bureau should take the odd support ad in the trade media, rather than blow the entire Radio Awards budget on a full-page ‘congrats’ ad in the Herald.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Britomart-based Adhesive PR has been appointed as Hootsuite’s PR agency in Australia and New Zealand. Hootsuite is a global social media management platform, headquartered in Canada, with a base in Australia.

AUCKLAND, Today: The 2020 NZ Radio Awards winners will be unveiled tomorrow (Friday) at noon – with a live video link from awards website (scroll down for the link).

AUCKLAND, Today: New data from oOh!media suggests that Kiwis are on the move again, getting out and about while looking forward to socialising and shopping.

AUCKLAND, Today: TVNZ is to shave 10% off its rate card for the July-September quarter to support agencies grappling with the fallout from Covid-19.

AUCKLAND, Today: BC&F Dentsu NZ has welcomed changes to the Dentsu Aegis Network’s global management structure – although the local arm of the agency is not directly involved.