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Just when you thought all was settled in magazine cover land, comes this. Same shoot, different story, different year.
Editor of New Idea, Hayley McLarin, maintains it’s not the same photo, though it may come from the same shoot.
“We try to find the picture that best illustrates the …
The shift that dare not speak its name is true. ANZ/National has shifted its entire media account to Ogilvy, away from OMD.
The surprise move is a huge win for Ogilvy, which already handles the creative work for banking rival Kiwibank. According to Nielsen data, the combined ANZ/National …
Seven days of 6 o’clock ads right here. TV3, 10 September 2009 Burger King, The Steal Tower Insurance The Warehouse, Huffer Ts Copper Kettle Chips The Floor Store, win a trip to Paris Rexona Men, Richard Kahui All Black Consumer.org.nz, join for $25 Tower Insurance …
The final finalists have been announced for the TVNZ/NZ Marketing Awards. A record number of entries this year so competition is fierce. Behold these masterful marketers.
NZ Post Marketer of the Year: Aisha Daji Punga – Marketing Director, Frucor Beverages Group Brendan Downey Parish – Sales & Marketing General Manager, Cerebos Gregg …
Latest in a series of international accolades for Immigration New Zealand’s MAGNET programme is word they’ve won an ECHO Leader award to be announced at the US Direct Marketing Association’s annual conference in San Diego in October. Agency Rapport Advertising and Marketing is particularly pleased as this …
Fresh from its success in dragging Aussies across the ditch to ski, soak and spend, Tourism New Zealand has just launched a new 100% Pure campaign in China.
The brand got a first outing there in 2008, with “astonishing results”, according to TNZ.
The new campaign commenced on September 7 …
The Communications Agencies Association of NZ (CAANZ) has partnered with Vodafone to champion mobile marketing and “celebrate creativity and effectiveness in the mobile channel,” says Vodafone mobile marketing manager, Simon Neal. “It is a young and evolving channel, and presents a tremendous and very unique opportunity for brands to engage …
Ladies, A Plate has taken out the Best Book award at the PANZ Book Design Awards. Designed by Alan Deare from Inhouse Design, it also won the Best Illustrated Book. The home-baking bible, by Alexa Johnston, appealed to the judges not because it was “particularly flashy, nor particularly ‘designer’. It …
Award highlights
FilmQantas Best Feature Film – budget over $1 million Dean SpanleyBest Feature Film – budget under $1 million The Topp Twins Untouchable GirlsBest Director in a Feature Film (budget under and over $1 million) Toa Fraser, Dean SpanleyBest Lead Actor in a Feature Film Scott Wills …
Plenty of buzz about the Sky Tower coning this morning.
We can tell you that it was the work of Colenso for the energy drink V.
“All will be revealed on TV on Sunday,” says a Colenso insider.
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the site
It was …
Well done peeps! Get our tweets on the Film and TV award winners Saturday night.
News and Current Affairs Categories
Best News CameraJared Mason – One News, US Election: McCain Campaign (TV One)
Finalists: James Marshall – Breakfast, Skifield Prepares to Open (TV One)Cameron Williams – 3 News, Anzac Day in …
In a New Zealand first, StopPress has collected all the week’s most expensive TVCs into one handy place: here. Why? Not because they’re good. Some (arise, Sir Harvey Norman) are something else. But hey, when you’re spending so much so often, it pays for us to listen …
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 …
Celsias gives Kiwis the ability to take action on climate change and build a community-led response. In addition to a daily blog, the site features a variety of tools to share information, form discussions, start projects and swap success stories.
According to Nielsen Media Research, 80 per cent of small …
And now for the goobledegook press release of the week. Try saying it without breathing. Impossible.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – August 25, 2009 – As part of NetApp’s cloud computing news announcements today, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) highlighted its close relationships with industry-leading Information Technology (IT) vendors and enterprise Value Added Resellers …
The millionth Aussie tourist just flew through our customs lounge.
Now the Great Australian Survey company (GAS) wants to spend $A1 million on developing its survey business, partly in the shakey isles.
A member of the Q Group of companies (ASX: QXQ), GAS will spend close to $A1m over the …
It’s the sound all magazine publishers dread: the smug tap of ACP’s Paul Dykzeul’s keyboard as he relishes the moment to rub your nose in the sand. Ouch!
Says Dykzeul: “ACP Magazines are proud to have provided the latest cover for NZ Life and Leisure, produced by …
Indie agencies face a “major threat” and some inside large agencies claim it’s the “biggest issue to face advertising agencies for a long, long time”.
Battle lines are forming in what could be an industry-defining move by TVNZ to review its pricing and commission structures.
Major accredited agencies have …
New Zealand’s big brands are bouncing back in 2009. Air New Zealand, The Warehouse, Frucor and Westpac are among the household names to be selected as finalists in this year’s TVNZ/NZ Marketing awards.
Of the 21 finalists, 16 are medium-to-large sized companies. Two are government agencies.
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