Is traditional advertising giving way to a different, more authentic form of brand communication? This is the question being asked as brand storytelling appears to be taking a different form. Graham Medcalf investigates.
Time Out Bookstore’s manager Jenna Todd was a speaker at the Magazine Publishers Association’s 2019 magazine conference ‘Thinking Forward’ held in July. StopPress visited Todd at the store and discussed similarities between independent bookstores and magazines, engaging with the local community and selling socks.
We asked some smart folk across the industry for their thoughts on some of the industry’s hot topics.
In the last 97 years, the world has suffered the Great Depression, countless wars, the rise of tyranny, innumerable natural and man-made disasters and political scandals. We’ve mourned the rise of terrorism and celebrated the invention of the internet. We’ve put humans on the moon and explored that last frontier, oppressive regimes have fallen and human rights milestones have made history. Throughout it all, one thing has remained a constant of bathroom magazine baskets and rest home libraries: Reader’s Digest.
Caitlin Salter talks to Australiasian group editor Louise Waterson about how this general interest publication has stood the test of time, and what the future holds.
Do agencies work with clients like genuine partners that invest in useful outputs and creative thinking to help brands and businesses grow? Or are they more like lawyers and accountants: a necessary contract resource? Erin McKenzie looks at IP partnerships, and how agencies and clients are sharing the load for better results and rewards. Part two of two.
Do agencies work with clients like genuine partners that invest in useful outputs and creative thinking to help brands and businesses grow? Or are they more like lawyers and accountants: a necessary contract resource? Erin McKenzie looks at IP partnerships, and how agencies and clients are sharing the load for better results and rewards. Part one of two.
What does voice technology, smart speakers, 5G and the connected car mean for audio and radio?
At the start of radio week, it is pertinent to ask, “what opportunities for radio are there in the context of how other industries are embracing voice to create new opportunities for customers and clients?”
From driving business to delving into data, advertising agencies and clients have plenty on their plates as the new year begins. It can be a complex world out there with constant technological developments, the changing expectations of customers and the tension of creating effective campaigns. Georgina Harris spoke with agencies and clients to get a general overview of today’s landscape: what the latest challenges are, recent trends and what the community would like to see from 2019.
From driving business to delving into data, advertising agencies and clients have plenty on their plates as the new year begins. It can be a complex world out there with constant technological developments, the changing expectations of customers and the tension of creating effective campaigns. Georgina Harris spoke with agencies and clients to get a general overview of today’s landscape: what the latest challenges are, recent trends and what the community would like to see from 2019.
In October 2018, former FCB managing director Rufus Chuter and former OMD chief digital officer Kris Hadley announced they were launching a new strategy, technology and media management agency, Together. In the time since they’ve focussed on establishing their agency while operating on a simple philosophy: creating a great work environment, to attract great people, to produce great work. Chuter and Hadley fill us in on how they’re running their agency with the future in mind.
For our next issue of NZ Marketing magazine (on sale in July), we’re getting in on the listicle action by selecting the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what comes out on top, we need avid readers with their fingers on the pulse to vote for their favourite magazine, TV channel, radio station, media companies, visionaries and more. Voting closes 31 May.
StopPress sits down with Flying Fish’s managing director and executive producer James Moore and executive producer Samantha Attenborough to chat about technology, the exciting year ahead and moving into the long-format realm.
New Zealand, Aotearoa, Middle Earth, Land of the Long White Cloud. What about Land of the Creatives? Erin McKenzie talks to Flux Animation, ToyBox and Augusto and finds out how our location in the South Pacific is no barrier to local production companies working around the world.
There’s never been a better time to be making great video content.
There’s never been a better time to be making great video content.
The marcomms industry is a fluid place. Clients come and go, new screens and platforms lure audiences’ eyes, talent moves from place to place, and in the face of these changes, the most efficient way to get a job done may not always be the same. Erin McKenzie takes a look at some of the clients doing it for themselves and the changing role of agencies, and finds there’s more than one model in the sea.
The marcomms industry is a fluid place. Clients come and go, new screens and platforms lure audiences’ eyes, talent moves from place to place, and in the face of these changes, the most efficient way to get a job done may not always be the same. Erin McKenzie takes a look at some of the clients doing it for themselves and the changing role of agencies, and finds there’s more than one model in the sea.
The marcomms industry is a fluid place. Clients come and go, new screens and platforms lure audiences’ eyes, talent moves from place to place, and in the face of these changes, the most efficient way to get a job done may not always be the same. Erin McKenzie takes a look at some of the clients doing it for themselves and the changing role of agencies, and finds there’s more than one model in the sea.
Fun fact: The average CMO spends more on technology than many CIOs. Has the job of the marketer suddenly become complicated? And how do you know you’re making the right decisions when it comes to all that tech?
A rundown of those who walked home with a treasured doorstop last night.
As Chinese immigration into New Zealand gathers speed, Graham Medcalf looks at whether this means a new gold rush for local marketers.
Last month, Rainger & Rolfe blew out five candles to top off what managing partner Ant Rainger is calling “the best year yet”. To find out why, StopPress sat down with Rainger and his managing partner Jen Rolfe to reflect on the last five years and what’s to come for the indie.
Following Louise Bond’s move from CEO to chairperson of PHD New Zealand, we sit down with her to talk about her decision to step down, where her journey with PHD began and how the group is moving into the future.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
As online streaming services slowly replace broadcast television as the preferred way to watch TV, the ways in which content is developed are also changing. Streaming services are boasting ‘original’ content, with the banner, ‘Netflix Original’, becoming synonymous with edgy or ground-breaking content, created free from the bounds of traditional broadcast media. Now, slowly but surely, Lightbox is getting in the game.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
As the proverb says, ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria (“my language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul”). And while there is plenty of attention being placed on our native tongue during Māori Language Week – and an increasing interest from Pākehā in learning the language – Census data shows the number of people who can hold a conversation in te reo Māori on the decline. Many are looking to new technologies for revitalisation – and in the hope that it could get new speakers on board, too.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.