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Jeremy Wells is prolific in the media. One minute he might be fooling around with the Alternative Commentary Collective, next minute he’ll be imitating Mike Hosking on Hauraki, then he might pop up on-screen in a Meridian ad. Here’s what media the deadpan disc-jockey consumes in his own time.
While giving a report about the suffering newspaper industry and the gradual decline of journalism, John Oliver provides a bit of hope for the profession through some journalism of his own.
Nike shows the true potential of athletes and motivational speeches in its latest ‘Unlimited You’ spot.
Donate Life launched a genius TVC last week via The Martin Agency, featuring a first class asshole named Coleman F. Sweeney who doesn’t seem to give a shit about anything or anyone, or at least it appears that way.
Today Tourism New Zealand announced the resignation of CEO Kevin Bowler, who will move to Frucor to be its New Zealand CEO.
This week Meridian, High Performance New Zealand, Powerade and Countdown all deserve a pat on the back.
Nielsen data shows that 1.6 million New Zealanders tuned in to the summer Olympics over the weekend, with over 847,000 of those watching the opening ceremony. While still an impressive turnout by any ratings measure, it’s below the number that tuned in for London, Beijing, Sydney. PLUS: more Olympics ads.
BP has added Rainger & Rolfe to its ledger, putting the agency in charge of its retail activation, digital and loyalty business. This change is, however, limited to the below-the-line account, with Ogilvy remaining in charge of the brand.
Today Vodafone started its search for New Zealand’s ‘Best Best Mate’, who will need to strand themselves on a barge in Auckland Harbour in an act of self-sacrifice so their friends can live it up in Fiji.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things, inspiring things and other things from inside the intertubes.
Industry happenings at R/GA Los Angeles The Clemenger Group, Designworks, NZ On Screen, BMW, Johnson & Lairn Management, DDB and Progressive Enterprises.
The collectables fad has over the last few years taking hold of the nation, with retailers and petrol stations drawing in the masses with their miniature marvels. And while by all rational measures the craze should’ve run its course by now, Countdown is squeezing the lemon for all its worth by launching yet another round of collectables.
With one month to go until the KidsCan National Mufti (or fancy dress) Day, DDB has laid down the challenge to its staff, clients and other agencies who might be interested to go ‘double denim bogan’ for the cause.
NZ On Air has released research carried out by Glasshouse Consulting on Kiwis’ media consumption habits, finding the most rapid change is with younger audiences and New Zealanders continue to tune in to traditional media in the largest numbers.
Hear directly from international and local heroes who will share their passion, experience and stories about taking marketing to the next level.
Adshel has shown off the potential of out-of-home advertising in two campaigns, by Eta and realestate.co.nz, which launched last month and show how bus shelters can be interactive as well as informative.
There’s a new hashtag in the Twitterverse, and it’s fuelled by Kiwis being self deprecating about the bedrocks of New Zealand society, taking a dig at the Kiwi brand. How could they?
Ray Ban assembles an assortment of weird and wonderful people to illustrate that its new customisation tool allows anyone to create a pair of sunglasses perfect for them.
Raise a glass to Mercury, Destination Queenstown, Air New Zealand and Temperzone.
It’s a regular feature in any modern home, a lifeline even for those who live in it and yet the broadband modem gets little notice for anything other than its function. But Orcon hopes to banish the boring, by bringing together New Zealand artists to turn the modem into a work of art in a designer series.
Smirnoff and Young & Shand made the most of Kiwi’s love of selfies and snow in a new ‘Pure Potential’ campaign, which saw photos recreated in a cocktail during a Facebook Lifestream.
MediaWorks and Spark both sent out media statements this morning confirming key executive appointments, with the former appointing a new chief executive and the latter a new chief financial officer.
Take a celebrity chef, 50 influential guests and a willing sponsor and you have the perfect ingredients for food lovers. Here’s how Metro and Taste magazine brought all these things together for its Seasonal Suppers campaign.
It’s only a week until the Rio 2016 Olympics Games kick off, so thought we take a look at what the New Zealand Olympic Committee and sponsors have been up to, to build hype in the lead up to the games.
Cadbury is urging Kiwis to get creative, in a new #whatsyourflavourNZ campaign which hopes to find New Zealand’s most exciting flavour combinations by drawing inspiration from its towns and cities.
Radio New Zealand can join in the celebrations following the release of its survey results, which show it’s number two for audience reach against its commercial competitors.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things, inspiring things and other things from inside the intertubes.
Industry happenings at MediaWorks, Xero, NBCUniveral, Pead PR, The Pond, Sovereign.
Ogilvy & Mather has a new creative director in Glenn Wood, who has stepped into the full time role following freelance work for the agency.
There’s no baby talk in Nikes ‘Unlimited Future’ campaign, despite the latest film being set in nursery. Instead it sees a rousing speech delivered to infant versions of top athletes to celebrate the unlimited potential of those who are willing to go beyond their limits.