AUCKLAND, Today: BC&F Dentsu co-founder Paul Catmur has created a podcast, called Truth and Soul Incorporated: The New Zealand Advertising Podcast.
New faces – with music in their veins
AUCKLAND, Today: Boosting BCG2 Auckland’s digital ranks are two new hires, Joel Francis and Jess Dearsley.
FCB, Clems, Colenso, DDB, Stanley St, VMLY&R, OMD, Fuse, TBWA score at Effie 2019
AUCKLAND, Last night: FCB – with client Foodstuffs Pak’nSave – took out the Grand Effie at the 2019 awards show at Eden Park. The Auckland creative shop was also named Most Effective Agency of the Year.
Global adspend set to grow to NZ$1 trillion
LONDON, Today: Global advertising spend is set to rise next year across all 19 product categories monitored by ad site Warc, culminating in global growth of 6% to $656 billion (NZ$1028 billion – or, if you prefer – NZ$1 trillion!).
Return of a Kiwi classic
AUCKLAND, Today: Parnell-based creative/strategy agency The Business Marketing Group is helping client Wattie’s to reintroduce the classic toastie to a new generation of Kiwis. Scroll down for the full credits (missing from the Stoppress report).
Radio in her blood
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Former MediaWorks Radio ceo Wendy Palmer is to join the NZME executive team as chief radio & commercial officer, effective November 11.
Numbers game
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: NZME’s Radio Hauraki has snared popular radio hosts Jono Pryor & Ben Boyce from MediaWorks’ The Edge, in a move widely seen as a strategy to broaden Hauraki’s demographic footprint and boost ratings to a level commensurate with the iconic status of the station.
99 shapes up
AUCKLAND, Today: 99 is launching the latest instalment of Wear it Your Way for Kiwi Property’s Sylvia Park – the third iteration in an ongoing platform designed to showcase the fashion offering at the centre.
The finalists
AUCKLAND, Today: Finalists in the Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards 2019 have been announced with 115 nominations from a record number of 500+ entries across 37 judged categories.
Battle cry
AUCKLAND, Today: Keynote speakers Tom Goodwin and Rosie Yakob (both based in New York City) will be battling it out at the Great ad:tech Debate in New Zealand next month.
