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Colman to Wiggs: if this is half-arsed then what’s success?
Barry Colman, publisher of the National Business Review, has responded in an open letter to online critic and blogger Lance Wiggs.
And it’s surprisingly frank.
Author Vincent Heeringa
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Drinnan strikes; readers groan
For anyone unfortunate enough to be interviewed by the NZ Herald’s John Drinnan, the feeling will be depressingly familiar: our prompt and polite responses to an email query from him resulted in a selective, confusing and potentially damaging report in this morning’s NZ Herald.
In his weekly column …
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Magazines fight back: with a viral video
The US Magazine Publishers’ Association does a ton of great research about the power of magazines to deliver hearts, minds and eyeballs. Ironic that the message is being delivered via online video.
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Heeringa fired following drug-induced naked rampage with stapler
Well that got your attention, didn’t it. What we actually want to say is this:
It is with great sadness (bites knuckle, single tear rolling slowly down cheek) that the extremely good-looking StopPress team says farewell to our classy StopPress editor Frances Chan, who, since the site’s launch …
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Aussie mag sweet on Cadbury
The Kiwi Marketing magazine was so nasty to those good people at Cadbury. And what’s with that messy eating style?
Why can’t we be more like the Australians — respectful, nice?
November issue
September issue
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O’Sullivan to run Naked
Media director Matt O’Sullivan has resigned from Carat to set up the New Zealand arm of Naked, the international media agency.
The well known media buyer and planner was at Carat for a massive nine weeks and previously held senior positions with Media Edge CIA.
His ‘director’ role commences …
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Orcon seeks Iggy Pop tarts
The man himself
Iggy Pop is making a new band – and plans to fill it with Kiwis he meets online.
The 62-year-old Godfather of Punk is inviting Kiwi musicians to help him re-record The Passenger, one of his best known solo tracks. It’s all part of a promotion from …
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Economist mag launches pay wall
The Economist has been readng NBR. Well, that’s how we’re interpreting it.
The 5000-year-old business title today announced it will try a new website pay wall from October 13. This from the HQ of the venerable rag:The existing pay wall, which allows non-subscribers to the magazine web …
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Conde Nast closes icon
Gourmet: toast
The recession claims another scalp, Gourmet magazine, an icon in magazine publishing.
Founded in 1941 Gourmet is to food what Vogue is to fashion.
Condé Nast is also closing Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and parenting magazine Cookie.
The closure of Gourmet, with the November edition, is in stark …
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Media Counsel appoints Carat
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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Peter Myles out – “bureacracy” wins
Peter Myles, director of Omnicom Media Group, is to step down this week.
A leading figure in New Zealand media buying, Myles is a “victim of bureaucracy” according to former media boss Martin Gillman.
In 2007 Myles was appointed executive director of OMG (at times styled as Opera) a jointly …
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Meanwhile, somewhere near Tasmania
Our beloved leader looks a little, well, star struck, meeting the big man. And we don’t mean Obama.
John Key reads the “Top 10 Reasons to Visit New Engla … New Zealand!”
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Wynyard blasts critics, swears success
Glenda Wynyard
Glenda Wynyard has come out firing, with all guns swinging and six cylinders blazing in response to the loss of PMAA accreditation for her media agency, The Media Counsel.
Mashed metaphors can’t quite capture the gutsy response from the flamboyant media buyer.
“I’m a fucking street-fighting …
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Advertisers smell a rate behind TVNZ cut
Advertisers and agencies smell a cost increase behind TVNZ’s bold move to cut agency commissions to 10 per cent by 2011.
TVNZ yesterday announced the results of a review into agency remuneration. The proposal to halve media commissions to 10 per cent, in January 2011, was met with swift …
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Walden: TVNZ move gifts Aussies upper hand
Andy Blood (L) and David Walden
TVNZ’s proposed cut to agency commissions will shift power and creative leadership to Australia, warns CAANZ president David Walden.
“We have for a long time punched above our weight in attracting top talent like Andy Blood, Nick Worthington, Toby Talbot and others. That …
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Libraries: accessory to grand theft
On bludger patrol
Doyen of the leftie literrati, Brian Edwards, has launched a surprising attack on that near-sacred liberal institution, the public library. In his blog yesterday, he writes:What pisses me off as an author is that for every person who buys your book, dozens of other bludgers get …
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Sydney in grip of dust terror
As if it wasn’t bad enough living with dust storms, fires and Nicole Kidman, now there’s this: giant sea-walking terrors.
Reason 67 for not crossing the Tassie.
Via @maestroj
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Fairfax faction wins boss’ fulsome scalp
Big hair, bigger scalp
The bitterly divided Fairfax board has generated another casualty: the chairman.
Ron Walker was expected to stand for reelection at the forthcoming AGM. But in response to internal disputes which culminated in stinging public criticism from the John B Fairfax faction, Walker yesterday told the Sydney …
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Gorgeous fruity number
Fresh’n Fruity gets a rock’n’roll makeover in this totally cool ad by Colenso BBDO.
Dow Design did the graphic design and packaging. Lovely works, chaps.
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Google: now we’ll fix yer crappy display ads
Google has released DoubleClick Ad Exchange, a new advertising service aimed at improving online display ads.
Like many of us in the online media business, Google has been concerned about the ineffectiveness of online display advertising, especially the declining value of banner, skyscraper and rectangle spaces.
When was …
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Top 100 hottest brands
Fast food, fizzy water and IT continue to dominate the global brands list, compiled by Interbrand.Coca-Cola has taken out the top spot for the 10th year in a row, the 123 year-old company weighing in with just under US$69 billion in brand equity, up three percent from last …
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Industry huddles to hatch TVNZ response
A huddle of industry bodies met yesterday to discuss TVNZ’s provocative ‘review’ of its advertising commission structure.
Representatives from the Marketing Association, CAANZ and ANZA gathered together in Auckland to form a coordinated response to TVNZ.
While no TVNZ documents were tabled, StopPress understands CAANZ president David Walden relayed …
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TiVo deal: it all depends on content
The TiVo deal is a biggie for Telecom and TVNZ/Hybrid. But are the two big boys bullying customers into buying boxes for their own boon? We put some questions to Richard Betts, technology expert and Tone magazine contributor; and to Michael Carney, media supremo at The Media Counsel.
Why …
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Little TED
The much-attended, much-admired TED conferences in California have spawned a local baby: TEDx, to be held in Auckland October 1.
The youth-orientated event is being organised by Kiwi TED delegate , Richard Hollingum of The Department of Doing.
“As well as talks from eight extraordinary people there’ll be inspirational interludes …
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Loving Touch
Wednesday’s love-in for Samsung at Zambesi’s new Newmarket store, was indeed full of luvvies. StopPress felt right overdressed in a warm spring coat and woolly socks.
The affair was to welcome the arrival of Samsung’s Ultra Touch phone and help raise funds for Youthline, through the auction …
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System was a down
Dear Stop Pressers
This afternoon we had system down due to popular demand. Sorry, we’re expanding the memory on the 2756-Jxxx21 -Q multi-blade server-schmooo.
Promise it’ll be good next week.
Vincent Heeringa
Publisher