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Discovery unveils bold plans for local audiences and advertisers in 2022
StopPress speaks with Discovery’s Glen Kyne on what a 70 percent increase in its local content means for Kiwi advertisers.
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Pressies convenor Katharine Broughton on award-worthy PR campaigns that stand out on the page
Katharine Broughton on PR’s rise, how the industry is evolving as brands become more conscious of community & what makes for a winning awards paper.
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Social media magic: Knowing your audience and standing for something
Head of Strategy and Partner at Mosh Julian Thompson tells StopPress how businesses can better leverage Facebook & what social developments to expect.
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Justin Mowday on ASB win and the future of The Monkeys New Zealand
Justin Mowday talks to StopPress about the pitch process, Accenture’s difference and growing the agency locally.
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Sébastien Desclée zooms into FCB
An exclusive chat with the FCB NZ CEO about implementing his global integration initiatives locally and taking Kiwi creative to the next level.
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ICG Media doubles down on content
Despite the current lockdown, magazines are forging ahead – with exciting developments in the works at ICG Media.
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The effectiveness and efficiency of TVNZ OnDemand
Following TVNZ’s Travel Category Case Study, StopPress spoke with Jodi O’Donnell about how TVNZ OnDemand provides a powerful advertising platform.
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Global clout, local mindset. Ogilvy Network NZ appoints Kelly-Ann Maxwell as CEO
An exclusive interview with the newly appointed CEO of Ogilvy Network NZ Kelly-Ann Maxwell on repositioning the agency for the local market.
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Angela Watson looks to shake things up at Colenso BBDO
Angela Watson tells StopPress she’s on a mission to ensure diversity, equity & inclusion becomes a part of the DNA driving Colenso’s culture and work.
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ANZ and TBWA\NZ on the inspiration behind ‘We do How’
Off the back of ANZ Bank NZ’s new brand platform, we chatted to Matt Pickering, GM Marketing at ANZ and Shane Bradnick, TBWA\NZ CCO on its backstory.
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
Mark Cochrane’s appointment as CEO Saatchi & Saatchi NZ signals a certain expectation for the agency. I ask the man himself what the future holds…
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Cindy Gallop on The Paper Planes, diversity, and why print is a medium where creativity has the most personal impact
StopPress chats exclusively to New York-based Cindy Gallop, an ad industry legend.
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TVNZ, 2degrees accounts up for grabs, the battle for ASB & who’s paying agencies 50k to pitch?
Move over Lady Whistledown, when it comes to the hottest happenings in Adlandia, Shady Lowdown is here to spill the T. HotPress is the latest opinion…
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The Faces of our Industry: Aimee McCammon
The world is changing, and with it agencies are changing too. From gender balance, diversity and inclusion, there are waves of progress happening across the board.…
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Privacy and advertising: do they need to be at odds with each other?
Google is a vital voice in a privacy-first future without third-party cookies – so StopPress chatted to Jessica Martin, APAC Privacy Lead for Google about the…
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Where have the cookies gone, and what will I eat now?
In a soon-to-be cookie-less world, StopPress takes a bite out of the biscuit in an attempt to understand what this new reality for the Cookie means…
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Year in Review: Chris Long, Rainger & Rolfe
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the year that was. Here’s what Chris Long, Creative Director at Rainger &…
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The Faces of our Industry: Melissa Taylor
The world is changing, and with it agencies are changing too. From gender balance, diversity and inclusion, there are waves of progress happening across the board.…
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In honour of World TV Day
StopPress takes a trip down memory lane – pre-Netflix and Chill – to revisit some of the most memorable TVCs from the 80s, 90s and early…
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There’s no I in Team: Xero’s Craig Hudson talks small business wellbeing
Recently launched, Xero’s wellbeing check-in system allows small business leaders to better connect with their team and ensure they are being looked after. Here, we talk…
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Social Guru: Culture’s Ryan Newton discusses the power of social media for retail
With Covid-19 rocking the retail industry into uncertainty, social media has become an extremely helpful tool for elevating brand presence and driving sales. Here we talk…
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On Axis, industry advice, and inspiring creativity with Maria Devereux
Colenso’s Maria Devereux is an ode to a creative career, being at the helm of many award winning ideas, and now being dubbed the Convenor for…
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Sustainability is King: oOh!media takes us through the power of a sustainable focus
Leading New Zealand in out of home advertising, oOh!media are always looking at ways to improve. With a strong belief of eco practices, the company’s current…
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Are Kiwis changing the channel on TV?
Our New Zealand television landscape has shifted greatly due to local and international advancements. Here, we asked some of our industry leaders their thoughts on the…
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Go global or stay local? Part two
Graham Medcalf talks to intrepid independent-agency owners and some globally-aligned stalwarts to interrogate the advantages and disadvantages of advertising independence. __________________________________ Does practice makes perfect? Being…
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Go global or stay local? Part one
Graham Medcalf talks to intrepid independent-agency owners and some globally-aligned stalwarts to interrogate the advantages and disadvantages of advertising independence. __________________________________ “We have the best people…
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Outdoor Bounty
Forget the doom and gloom for a moment – there’s one sector at least that’s doing bumper business, explores Jonathan Cotton; Out-of-home advertising. Driven by digitization,…
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How is this still a thing? A severe case of the jingles
Let’s talk about jingles, an advertisement method the majority of us love to hate. Repetitive, cheesy and annoying, many of the jingles I have heard in…
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International Women’s Day and the leaders building the industry up one day at a time
International Women’s Day was yesterday, and to celebrate five of our industry’s top women gave us their thoughts on the issues we’re still facing in 2020…
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BC&F Dentsu’s Bex Radford on cultivating creativity, empathy, and radical collaboration
BC&F Dentsu introduced its new creative partner in 2019, Bex Radford. Coming from Amsterdam to work with the agency, Courtney Devereux sits down with Radford to…