AUCKLAND, Tuesday: TVNZ and The Warehouse – with help from OMD – are aiming to bring back the joys of reading this summer, with the return of its iconic Goodnight Kiwi.

PARIS, Tuesday: The Cannes Lions has launched the 2020 festival by announcing the Content Agenda themes, alongside the launch of the Creative Business Transformation Lions.

AUCKLAND, Today: The company previously known Outdoor Media Group (OMG) has rebranded to Cartel Media, and celebrated with a new take on ad options at Eden Park – via the Effies.

DUNEDIN, Sunday: The outgoing boss of Film Otago Southland says competition for locations – is becoming a major threat to the NZ film & commercials industry.

SYDNEY, Friday: NZME’s digital real estate platform OneRoof last night won the Deloitte Digital Corporate Entrepreneurs Award for Best Venture. The awards are open to big businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Today: It’s a long weekend coming up – so don’t forget to put the alarm to sleep.

AUCKLAND, Today: BC&F Dentsu co-founder Paul Catmur has created a podcast, called Truth and Soul Incorporated: The New Zealand Advertising Podcast.

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.

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!).