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The 2019 Webstar Magazine Media Awards finalist lists are out for this year’s 39 categories.

FCB’s popping bottles of its very own champagne to celebrate its big wins this year including Creative Agency of the Year at Axis and Most Awarded Media Agency at the Beacons.

Back for another year, NZ Marketing has selected the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what came out on top for the judges’ choice, our avid StopPress readers with their fingers on the pulse cast 4,507 votes to decide the People’s Choice winners.

A round of applause for Quitline New Zealand, Kiwibank, WorkSafe and Volkswagen New Zealand.

FY2018/19 has ended with a three percent decline in agency spend according to SMI data, with Outdoor being the only media reporting growth across the year. The result comes after June saw the strongest results for the year, with an 8.1 percent year-on-year increase to reach $91.4 million.

In a return to brand advertising after a five-year hiatus, Volkswagen New Zealand’s latest campaign shows that sometimes it’s worth being the younger sibling.

Back for another year, NZ Marketing has selected the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what came out on top for the judges’ choice, our avid StopPress readers with their fingers on the pulse cast 4,507 votes to decide the People’s Choice winners.

Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.

David Shirley and Melina Fiolitakis from FCB have taken away the Grand ORCA and People’s Choice Award for the 2019 Outstanding Radio Creativity Awards (ORCA) run by The Radio Bureau.

Back for another year, NZ Marketing has selected the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what came out on top for the judges’ choice, our avid StopPress readers with their fingers on the pulse cast 4,507 votes to decide the People’s Choice winners.

Independent agency True has been appointed the brand agency for STIHL and STIHL Shop in New Zealand following a competitive pitch.

A round of applause to Auckland City Mission

Cystic Fibrosis New Zealand has launched a new campaign aiming to raise vital funds and awareness for New Zealand’s most common life-limiting genetic condition – all while cutting through charity clutter.

Auckland City Mission and 99 hope to raise awareness about the growing food crisis in Auckland with a hard-hitting ad about living below the breadline.

Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.

Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the industry.

Hard-working Dentsu staff are among the targets of a campaign for My Food Bag’s new ‘Made’ meal range, by Saatchi & Saatchi and Zenith, that pokes fun at people’s busy lives.

In June, news came that Curious Film had achieved a gender-balanced directorial roster which got us thinking, is it worthy of a headline? We sat down with managing director and executive producer Kate Roydhouse to talk about why the achievement is newsworthy, her hopes for the future and the importance of mentors, honesty and openness. Roydhouse is now a co-executive producer of Sweetshop New Zealand.

New Zealand Transport Agency’s latest campaign hopes to get Kiwis talking about drug driving in Aotearoa.

A round of applause to NZTA and Air New Zealand.

In the wake of New Zealand’s Women in Media (WiM) Group launching, we talk to its board about the idea behind the group and how it’s promoting diversity in the industry.

MediaWorks chief content officer Andrew Szusterman has announced his resignation from his role.