Last Thursday, R/GA, Cannes Lions and See It Be It alumni hosted an evening in London dedicated to building confidence among brilliant creative women – and another is planned next month (go to the end of the story).

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who died peacefully at home in Chicago, aged 91 was much, much more than a girlie-mag publisher.

Nationwide radio listenership has lifted to 3,360,100, according to the GfK Total New Zealand Commercial Radio Survey results, out yesterday.

New Zealand is holding on to 13th place in the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity.

Colenso BBDO and Omnicom NZ shops DDB & Track have won Graphite Pencils at the second annual D&AD Impact Awards, held yesterday in New York City.

Colenso BBDO has succeeded in winning 24 shortlist spots in seven categories at the Spikes Asia, currently under way in Singapore.

Downtown Auckland indie shop Republik has won the digital business for the new consumer products division at legendary Wellington design & effects facility Weta Workshop.

Employees from New Zealand insurance company Fidelity Life take the starring roles on the insurer’s new website as part of its brand and digital refresh.

Shoppers’ facial expressions will determine the advertising creative they see on a new campaign for Nutella that, in a New Zealand and Australian advertising first, uses facial mapping technology to determine their mood and personalises creative to match.