Browsing: Media Counsel

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Media Counsel liquidation draws to a close, as Wynyard comes under SFO microscope
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The Media Counsel hit the skids back in February 2010. And in the fifth six-monthly report, liquidators McDonald Vague are in no doubt as to what caused it: “The reason for the company’s failure lies solely with [Glenda Wynyard’s] action of removing funds from the company to fund her own lifestyle”. And as a result, Wynyard’s conduct is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.

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Drama, mystery and intrigue as Media Counsel liquidation saga continues
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On Tuesday last week, The Media Counsel ceased trading after managing director Glenda Wynyard put the company into voluntary liquidation. Since then, there has been no official comment from Wynyard, a representative from Aegis/Carat or a liquidator, which means details about the amount owed and the reasons behind the decision have been scarce. But there’s been no shortage of speculative commentary, mudslinging and confusion.

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Media Counsel situation still unclear
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A check on the Companies Office website shows The Media Counsel has not yet been officially placed in liquidation. But company directors have just five working days from the announcement of a liquidation to notify the Companies Office about it, whereupon its status will be updated and a liquidator will be appointed.

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MediaCom takes up Media Counsel’s slack
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Following yesterday’s news that The Media Counsel had gone into voluntary liquidation, Glenda Wynyard has, unsurprisingly, gone to ground and Carat’s Ryf Quail has deflected questions to Joy Clark, Carat’s PR enforcer in Australia, who wasn’t able to be contacted. But StopPress has seen a letter that Wynyard sent to her clients to apologise and offer suggestions as to what they should do and where they should take their business.

Opinion
What’s with the ‘Aditude’?
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This week from the Consumer Counsel: Nielsen’s Media division and ANZA have launched a new Attitudes to Advertising segmentation that follows on from a 2008 study. According to the research, Kiwi consumers can be split into nine distinct ‘aditude’ categories. And it turns out that levels of trust in traditional media advertising in New Zealand were higher than the global average. 

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Whinge 2.0: now available on Google
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In this week’s edition of eBuzz from the Media Counsel: The arrival of real-time Google search means whatever the twittering classes are saying about you or your company now has the potential to make it on to the front page.

Opinion
Shop till you read
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In this week’s edition of eBuzz from the Media Counsel: The NZ Herald Online adds shopping to its portfolio. But how exclusive are its offerings?

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What Kiwi kids do for kicks and more
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This week from The Media Counsel: What percentage of 13-year-olds have mobile phones? You’ll smack your gob in disbelief. Why do you need to be on LinkedIn? Hitwise Lifestyle slices and dices Kiwi web traffic for our corporate consumption. Size does matter – Aussie marketers talk up 2010 budgets.

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Good and bad behavioural targeting
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Would you like to know when your web-browsing activity is being tracked? Behavioural targeting is an important tool for advertisers, but consumers must be protected too. The US Federal Trade Commission’s four principles of BT are a good starting point for best practices in NZ.

Read all about it …

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Kindle, rail, travel moods & more
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Numbers are crunched by The Media Counsel this week: The % of NZ’s who travelled to get away from someone The % of people downloading Amazon e-books instead of paper The number of software apps in Microsoft Office Starter 2010

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Media Counsel appoints Carat
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The Media Counsel, the agency which lost its PMAA accredition, has forgone an opportunity to appeal the decision.

It appointed another accredited agency Aegis (also known as Carat) to handle its bookings.

Media Counsel boss Glenda Wynyard (“street-fighting hori”) said yesterday:We have made the decision to forego accreditation with …

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Media Monitor and Factoids
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Fresh from The Media Counsel this week: How Kiwis really feel about the recession. Are we cheap when it comes to wine? In Brazil, branding is everything, especially on radio stations. E-tailers discounting luxury items are working through exclusive WOM markets in the US. One man’s recession is another …

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CAANZ comes out swinging at TVNZ
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David Walden, president of CAANZ, says TVNZ’s ‘review’ of commission structures is a thinly disguised move to improve its margins.

“As far as CAANZ is concerned, this is a TVNZ initiative aimed at improving its financial performance,” he writes in a formal response from CAANZ.

TVNZ claims the industry …