APN News & Media and Fairfax Media are still in “early exploratory talks” considering a $200 million merger of their New Zealand businesses. Officially, both media giants are still saying nothing. And Fairfax-APN outlets are continuing to attach “it is understood” caveats to news stories they run.
You be the judge
New York, NY – May 10: The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards has today issued its annual invitation to advertising creatives to participate in the You…Be the Judge! competition.
APNO’s paper dart agency comp takes off
APN Outdoor have today announced their upcoming Flight Club events to take place around the country in the coming weeks.
Adshel blitzed 3 adbiz sites to spread network message
Adshel’s interactive banner ad that ran across trade media last week to support the launch of their digital network in July caught our eye, so M+AD sought out the story behind the story.
The day I saw the light
By Epica Awards editorial director Mark Tungate. Paris-based Epica is an informal global association of journalists who cover marketing and creativity. M+AD ed David Gapes was on the jury last year, and is again this year:
It’s not easy to become truly great at advertising. But it may be a tiny bit easier when your first career experiences are at BBH and Abbott Mead Vickers. In fact, Mike Nicholson – the freshly-appointed ECD of Brave in London – has a CV that looks like a litany of the world’s greatest agencies, plus the magic word “Google”.
The usual suspects rule in Q1 radio survey
NewstalkZB, Coast FM, the Breeze, Mai FM, ZM, the Sound, and More FM are the big winners in the latest round of radio surveys released by the Radio Broadcasters Association survey provider GfK.
Adman a knight in shining armour
bcg2/Shirtcliffe & Co creative Matt Shirtcliffe has made the news again – but not in the ad media, as you’d expect. This time the attention came from Fairfax Media’s East & Bays Courier, whose interest was piqued by the award-winning adman’s decision to come to the aid of a distressed Indian family.
Arrivals & Departures: ad2one taps Mairi Herbert & Lorena Burton
Auckland-based digital ad sales house ad2one has announced the appointment of two new executives.
FCB, OMD, Carat, MBM shine at Beacons
A sell-out crowd of around 1000 of New Zealand’s leading media personalities came together to celebrate the industry’s best work from the past year at the 2016 CAANZ Beacons Awards in association with NZME at the Viaduct Events Centre last night.
Brekky is served
With the help of Fuse/OMD, McDonald’s has taken to Snapchat to help launch the news of their All Day Breakfast in New Zealand.