AUCKLAND, Today: Gumboots might not be Rita Ora’s usual stage footwear, but the international music star is getting behind a distinctly Kiwi cause, lending her support to I Am Hope’s Gumboot Friday... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Buying a car, booking a holiday and choosing somewhere for dinner hardly follow the same script. Nielsen wants to show advertisers what happens between that first thought and the final... Read More
AUCKLAND, Monday: Just over two weeks ago the Pixel Awards judges came together to review the dozens of entries and agree on the best idea. Read More
DEDICATION: “To the immortal memory of John Henrie and Pat Rogie who at Edinburgh in the year of A.D. 1593 were imprisoned for ‘Playing of the gowff and the links of Leith... Read More
SYDNEY, Sunday: Bauer Media Australia has reportedly hired global advisory firm EY to review its business as future on the subcontinent remains uncertain following the shock closure of its NZ arm on... Read More
CANNES, Friday: The Cannes Lions has confirmed the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in 2020. The next Lions Festival will run June 21-25 in 2021. Read More
LONDON, Sunday: WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell (now head of British investment company S4, predicts adland is in for a coronavirus-led bumpy ride for at least the next six months – but... Read More
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The Comms Council has overhauled its schedule over the next quarter to reflect its actions in the face of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: For many Kiwi families living in poverty, accessing enough food to feed the family is a daily challenge. Last month, DDB NZ teamed up with KidsCan to create a confronting... Read More
GENEVA, Thursday: In an unprecedented move, the United Nations has issued – via open source creative platform Talenthouse – a global call to creatives to help communicate essential messaging around Covid-19. Read More
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The NZ arm of global ad/media company Verizon Media has opened up its invitation-only talent development programme, Verizon Media Academy, to anyone within NZ media & creative agencies and brand-side... Read More
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The announcement that Bauer Media is closing its NZ operations immediately “should be setting off alarm bells with regulators for the future of local media, if they weren’t ringing already”,... Read More