Monthly Archives: November, 2009

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Adshel increases mobility
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Adshel has launched its 2010 offerings with 11 redefined campaign packages, including a new innovation: New Zealand’s first mobile out of home network.

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Dancing with the Stars shelved for 2010
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Thousands of middle-aged woman, several politicians and an array of media darlings are reeling at the news that TVNZ has decided not to commission Dancing With The Stars in 2010.

A TVNZ statement says the decision was made because the current market conditions do not support such an expensive show …

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Blood on the floor for Art of the Envelope awards
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Andy Blood, Partner and Group Executive Creative Director at TBWA\Whybin, will be stepping up to plate to judge the entries for the 2009 Art Of The Envelope awards, which take place on 26 November at Fables, Newmarket.Huffer founders Dan Buckley and Steve Dunstan will MC the event.

Fiona …

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Tourism gets injection (of marketing cash)
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Tourism, like most sectors, has had a tough 2009 (although Kevin Rudd’s New Zealand ski season stimulus package certainly seemed to soften the blow).

With the world supposedly heading to hell in an economic handcart, it was inevitable that fewer international guests would grace our distant foreign shores. But …

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Resignation rumours at Saatchi & Saatchi denied – for now
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Could it be? Fastline has reported rumours from a “very reliable source” that Saatchi’s CEO Andrew Stone and ECD Mike O’Sullivan have resigned.

Numerous attempts were made to get someone, anyone, to confirm or deny, but no-one in the Auckland office – including the two men in question – was …

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The children: our future
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Advertising folk are invited to take a gander at the future of New Zealand advertising as the AUT adschool students of 2009 get their portfolios out for the world to see.

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Mingle bells
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Calling all juggernauts, magnates and moguls. Paul Matthews and Alex Erasmus from Bullet PR have organised a bit of a do for the marcomms and media industries, so register online here and head down to the inaugural Media Mingle on 19 November to engage in, as the title suggests, some …

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ASB draws its longbow
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According to ASB’s Twitter account, good banking isn’t about ownership (or apostrophes). It’s about love and devotion.

But MP and Kiwibank stalwart Jim Anderton tends to disagree and certainly doesn’t think ASB should be allowed to pass itself off as a Kiwi bank.

ASB’s new …

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Bill Toft outed as Joe 90
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We’re quite partial to lookalikes here at StopPress and what better way to celebrate 40 years of national news than with a comparative picture of Joe 90 and his newsreading doppelgänger Bill Toft.

Joe 90

Bill Toft

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Acronyms fly as BCG cosy up with GG/WPP/G2
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Local indy agency Blackwood Communications Group announced today it is set to merge with global powerhouse Grey Group and their local incarnation G2.

Blackwood’s managing director Michael Jarvis says discussions are still in progress and a would be concluded by late December.

He would not comment on what the …

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ANZ seeks solace with DDB
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DDB has snapped up the lucrative ANZ account.

News that M&C was no longer required by ANZ surfaced yesterday. The bank wasn’t talking about who would take over, but the decision to employ the services of DDB came as no surprise to Aussie observers.

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40 not out for national news
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It’s probably quite difficult for the instant gratification, on-demand, up-to-the-minute generation to believe, but back in the mists of time there only used to be one way to watch the news: on the telly.

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Déjà view
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A couple of months back, StopPress created something of an online hullabaloo after it ran a story on an unfortunate pictorial oversight.

NZ Life and Leisure magazine ran an image on their September cover that had been used on the February 2008 cover of KiaOra, Air New Zealand’s magazine …

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Bo, Selector
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AGM Publishing has launched a new online product resource, Selector.com, targeting the design, architecture and building industries.

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DraftFCB puts money where its mouth is
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There were undoubtedly quite a few advertising and marcomms eyeballs focused on Prime TV last night as series three of Mad Men kicked off.

And while all the regular characters were present and correct, some observant viewers may have noticed a new addition to the line-up: DraftFCB

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ANZ cut ties with M&C Saatchi
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M&C Saatchi’s staff ranks have changed substantially in the last seven days. And its client roster has followed suit after it was announced that ANZ has officially cut ties with the agency.

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Record levels of carousal detected at 2009 Marketing Awards
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‘Twas a night of much revelry and celebration for the marketing industry; a cathartic melee that laughed in the face of 2009’s Great Depression.

You can pass judgement on the winners here. And thanks to DNA and Getty Images, you can also pass judgement on the attendees and their …

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