AUCKLAND, Today: Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) has launched Rules of a f***buddy, the latest campaign from Ending HIV – a community-focused behaviour change programme run by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to reach men who have sex with men.
Effies call for entries
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has posted on its website the official entry call for the 2019 Effie Awards. A formal announcement can be expected shortly.
Arrivals & Departures: New partner joins founder at Socialites
AUCKLAND, Today: Melanie Spencer joins social media agency Socialites as managing partner, alongside founder/ceo Wendy Thompson, with a remit to help grow the business.
Still no Golds!
CANNES, Last night: At the half-way mark of the 2019 festival, New Zealand entries have made shortlists and Bronze Lions aplenty – but we’ve yet to mine Silver or Gold.
Focus on print sees sharp readership rises
CHRISTCHURCH, Today: According to the latest 2019 Nielsen readership report, Canterbury regional newspaper group Star Media – part of Allied Press, which owns Dunedin’s daily ODT – has enjoyed a 14% increase in readership across its Canterbury titles.
Arrivals & Departures: MBM adds two
AUCKLAND, Today: Sean McCready, managing partner at indie media agency MBM, reckons he’s “pretty excited about some new talent on the bench – calling out a crew which now has even more depth to deal with continued strong growth over the last few months”.
MediaWorks delivers The Block
AUCKLAND, Today: Manu Vatuvei can finally hang up his dancing shoes and slip back into his boots after Dancing with the Stars wrapped on Sunday night, marking another successful season for MediaWorks. Now it’s up to The Block NZ to deliver the numbers for this season’s commercial partners – Aussie furniture retailer Adairs and global sandwich chain Subway.
NZ ‘a nation of podcasters’
WELLINGTON, Today: Radio New Zealand and its New Jersey-based hosting & distribution partner Acast have released details of an in-depth survey of NZ’s podcast audience, highlighting dramatic audience growth and brand engagement from listeners.
Five more Kiwis on Cannes shortlists
CANNES, last night: A further five New Zealand campaigns – from VMLY&R (x2), FCB (x2), Assembly, Augusto, and Colenso – have made Lions shortlists.
Colenso scores Bronze Lions hat-trick
CANNES, last night: Colenso BBDO has picked up three Bronze Lions in the Cannes Film Craft category (with partners Sweetshop and Finch), taking NZ’s medal tally so far to four Bronzes (the fourth being Special’s Uber Eats Bronze in Outdoor, on Monday).
