SYDNEY, Tuesday: The print edition of Australia’s Marketing magazine is no more, with the publication conceding it is no longer financially sustainable.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Total digital advertising revenue in New Zealand continues to climb, reaching $563.2 million in the first half of 2019, achieving 12.7% growth on the same half in 2018, following seven consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.

AUCKLAND, Today: Surely one of the great newspaper headlines of all time? M+AD’s been saving this one for a rainy day. That day has finally arrived!

PARIS, Today: French/USA-based site Adforum has named DDB & Sweetshop’s latest tvc for Vodafone NZ 5G (Huxley – previewed in M+AD yesterday) as the 4th-best TV ad in the world last week.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Tribal Worldwide NZ – launched earlier this month as a dedicated digital agency within the DDB Group – has appointed Danica Paki as business lead. Most recently she held the position of head of client services at Isobar NZ, following roles at Young&Shand and Satellite Media.

AUCKLAND, Today: Agencies are beginning to seek their rightful share of the credit from last week’s NZ Marketing Awards. First to put up their hand is BC&F Dentsu whicch saw three of its clients awarded.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Social Partners, a division of K Rd-based PR agency 818 which specialises in the entertainment sector, has sealed a deal with NZ artists’ agency Gail Cowan Management to represent its stable of talent in the social media space.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ’s newest and largest full-service creative indie Stanley St has appointed media veteran Andrew Reinholds to its senior leadership team, as head of media.

“The Police have nothing to go on!” One newsreader Bernadine Oliver-Kerby slips in her sly take on the news that thieves have stolen a solid gold toilet worth up to $1.96 million in the UK (TV1 News at 6).