This week, PHD worldwide strategy and planning director Mark Holden spoke about impending conflation of tech and humanity. He argues that we are already well along this path but says things will become really interesting over the next two decades. What follows is a short excerpt from Merge, a book co-written by Holden and number of other contributors across the PHD network.

Illustrator and art director Kelly Thompson couldn’t create her works of art without using tech. For her, it’s all about striking that elusive balance between the old and the new.

Thievery founder Garth Badger is wedged within the uneasy tension that exists between creativity and tech. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Advertising is an industry constantly focused on finding new ways to bedazzle and charm consumers. But in reaching too far into the digital hat, David Thomason reckons advertisers might be losing grip with what made the show effective in the first place.

With coffee prices putting a dampener of New Zealander’s love of the drink, has a solution with $2.50 beverages. We talk to founder and franchise manager Natan Yehezkely about making that dream a reality and expanding it into franchises.

The suspense is over as we continue our run down of the 2017 Hot List and announce our Most Influential Person in Media.

The suspense is over as we continue our run down of the 2017 Hot List, celebrating our winners for News Anchor, Production Company and Social Presence.

It wasn’t that long ago that Yahoo could’ve bought both Google and Facebook. But now with the business sold to Verizon, we look at how it’s evolving its strategy in the local market.

Combining the best of the old with the rise of the new, Newshub has implemented a new methodology that hopes to get opinion polling right. We talk to political editor Patrick Gower on the reasons behind this change, why polling matters, whether politics is becoming a two-horse race and whether we can still trust the polls (and the media) in light of last year’s shock political events.

You didn’t ask. But we answered anyway. So, to celebrate the last day of the StopPress season for 2016, we’ve looked back on the year and compiled an extremely definitive list of the big pitches, the big ideas, the big balls, the big stoushes, the big moves and the big whoopsies. So long, and thanks for all the clicks dear readers.

Eight months into his new role, 2degrees’ chief marketing officer Roy Ong has already launched a campaign, finalised a pitch and reorganised his team. He sets aside a few minutes to chat about his plans for the business.

A news chief claiming that the phrase ‘quality journalism’ should be left to die was always going to spark a bit controversy—even more so when he’s brought in to replace a much-loved stalwart of New Zealand’s news scene, Mark Jennings. We chat to new MediaWorks news chief Hal Crawford about his eyebrow-raising opinion that arrived in New Zealand before he did, the challenges and opportunities of the modern media environment and his aspirations for the organisation.

Shortly after starting at Lion in 2014, Lana Blair performed well beyond what her limited experience should have allowed, taking two of its key brands from strength to strength. This is one young marketer to keep an eye on.