NEW YORK, Last Night: DDB Group Auckland and Special Group Auckland both won Pencils for New Zealand at The One Show.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ news website BusinessDesk has made a high-profile appointment, announcing that Jane Clifton starts as political columnist this week.

AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger BBDO Wellington MD Brett Hoskin and director of social marketing Linda Major have been enlisted by the Marketing Association for a live-streamed Covid-19 review.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bauer Media has agreed to sell its Australian publishing business – and the remains of its NZ business – to Australian private equity firm Mercury Capital.

LONDON, Today: Overnight, TBWA NZ has picked up New Zealand’s only D&AD Yellow Pencil for ANZ’s Mr Humfreez in the Direct/Direct Innovation Category.

AUCKLAND, Today: Yesterday’s post about the Effie 2020 entry call was slightly premature – due to last-minute changes on the Comms Council website.

AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated Kingsland-based creative agency Darkhorse has been appointed to manage the AUNZ public relations & social media for The Hotel Britomart’s launch.

AUCKLAND, Today: Telaria, Inc. (now part of Rubicon Project), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, has formed a collaboration with TVNZ and MediaWorks to offer new opportunities to advertisers looking to reach digital viewers beyond linear TV.

AUCKLAND, Today: South Korea’s premier creative show Ad Stars 2020 is keen to recruit New Zealand jurors for this year’s comp, to be held in Busan.