The latest agency news, campaigns and client wins (and losses) making headlines across Aotearoa.
A large part of the appeal of awards ceremonies is the controversy that inevitably follows the announcements. And, as per usual, there was plenty of robust debate about the worthiness of the winners at this year’s Effies, Kiwi adland’s premier awards.
StopPress has received word from a very reliable source inside Saatchi & Saatchi who wishes to remain anonymous that the rumours are true: CEO Andrew Stone and ECD Mike O’Sullivan are departing.
“It’s time for the truth. Andrew Stone and Mike O’Sullivan will be leaving Saatchi & Saatchi in …
Adshel has launched its 2010 offerings with 11 redefined campaign packages, including a new innovation: New Zealand’s first mobile out of home network.
Thousands of middle-aged woman, several politicians and an array of media darlings are reeling at the news that TVNZ has decided not to commission Dancing With The Stars in 2010.
A TVNZ statement says the decision was made because the current market conditions do not support such an expensive show …
All the big ones collated for your viewing delectation. The new 2 degrees ad elicits a chortle. And, rejoice, no more macarena.
Adam Good, one of Australasia’s leading digital experts has been appointed CEO of AIM Proximity.
Don’t forget to head down to Sale St tonight to catch Damien Binder’s free shindig to celebrate the release of his new album While the Wind’s at Your Back.
Tourism, like most sectors, has had a tough 2009 (although Kevin Rudd’s New Zealand ski season stimulus package certainly seemed to soften the blow).
With the world supposedly heading to hell in an economic handcart, it was inevitable that fewer international guests would grace our distant foreign shores. But …
Could it be? Fastline has reported rumours from a “very reliable source” that Saatchi’s CEO Andrew Stone and ECD Mike O’Sullivan have resigned.
Numerous attempts were made to get someone, anyone, to confirm or deny, but no-one in the Auckland office – including the two men in question – was …
New Zealand Post Targeted Communications has become a Principal Business Partner of the New Zealand Marketing Association (NZMA), marking a consolidation of their long-standing relationship.
According to ASB’s Twitter account, good banking isn’t about ownership (or apostrophes). It’s about love and devotion.
But MP and Kiwibank stalwart Jim Anderton tends to disagree and certainly doesn’t think ASB should be allowed to pass itself off as a Kiwi bank.
ASB’s new …
We’re quite partial to lookalikes here at StopPress and what better way to celebrate 40 years of national news than with a comparative picture of Joe 90 and his newsreading doppelgänger Bill Toft.
Joe 90
Bill Toft
Local indy agency Blackwood Communications Group announced today it is set to merge with global powerhouse Grey Group and their local incarnation G2.
Blackwood’s managing director Michael Jarvis says discussions are still in progress and a would be concluded by late December.
He would not comment on what the …
Tui Blond are extending their generosity to an array of diligent Kiwi workers over the festive season.
Wax lyrical about the joys of your workplace and all your Tui Blond dreams could come true.
The Burger King KO ad, which appeared the day after David Tua knocked the stuffing out of Shane Cameron has been awarded the Newspaper Advertising Bureau’s October ad of the month.
DDB has snapped up the lucrative ANZ account.
News that M&C was no longer required by ANZ surfaced yesterday. The bank wasn’t talking about who would take over, but the decision to employ the services of DDB came as no surprise to Aussie observers.
It’s probably quite difficult for the instant gratification, on-demand, up-to-the-minute generation to believe, but back in the mists of time there only used to be one way to watch the news: on the telly.
A couple of months back, StopPress created something of an online hullabaloo after it ran a story on an unfortunate pictorial oversight.
NZ Life and Leisure magazine ran an image on their September cover that had been used on the February 2008 cover of KiaOra, Air New Zealand’s magazine …
AGM Publishing has launched a new online product resource, Selector.com, targeting the design, architecture and building industries.
The axe appears to be in the process of swinging at Clemenger BBDO in Wellington.
If you believe the hype, print is an anachronistic curmudgeon unsuccessfully fighting against an online onslaught of Twits, Tweets and Twats.
But if you believe the latest readership numbers, print – in New Zealand, at least – appears to be in fine(ish) fettle.
There were undoubtedly quite a few advertising and marcomms eyeballs focused on Prime TV last night as series three of Mad Men kicked off.
And while all the regular characters were present and correct, some observant viewers may have noticed a new addition to the line-up: DraftFCB
M&C Saatchi’s staff ranks have changed substantially in the last seven days. And its client roster has followed suit after it was announced that ANZ has officially cut ties with the agency.
‘Twas a night of much revelry and celebration for the marketing industry; a cathartic melee that laughed in the face of 2009’s Great Depression.
You can pass judgement on the winners here. And thanks to DNA and Getty Images, you can also pass judgement on the attendees and their …
Who for: VodafoneWhy we like it: Tech meets Tchaikovsky. Geeky dedication writ large.
And you can watch the making of it too.
Les Mills' Bodyvive
A sell-out crowd of 370 industry juggernauts donned their glad rags and ventured to the Crowne Plaza on Friday night to honour this year’s best marketers and engage in what can only be described as feverish mingling at the new and improved 2009 TVNZ New Zealand …
They’ve been gone for nearly 15 years. But Barry and Scottie are back–and this time, it’s personal.
A new website run by the Crump Family trust and dedicated to all things Barry aims to bring his books, his voice and those fantastic Toyota ads back to life …
Firestone Glen Innes wasn’t actually voted worst coffee in East Auckland. But it has been voted ‘most captivating local sign of Friday afternoon’ by a panel of StopPress experts.
Brett Oetgen has been named general manager of the Outdoor Media Association of New Zealand (OMANZ).
Pauline Hanton, chair of OMANZ, says: “We are delighted that Brett has accepted this new role, as it fits with our vision to grow the outdoor sector and better represent the interests of outdoor …
It wasn’t too long ago that Patrick McAteer, general manager of New Zealand’s largest post production studio, Oktobor, was announcing four major new appointments.
But now he warrants an announcement of his own.
McDonald’s New Zealand has appointed Nikki Jeffcote to the role of national marketing manager.
Who wins the most annoying ad this week? Why, Pacific Blue, of course!
Kiwi sports aficionados rate atmosphere as a venue’s most important attribute and think Wellington’s Westpac Stadium is the country’s best.
The Auckland CBD was abuzz with dancing and frivolity today as a host of flashmobbers descended on the city centre for a little bit of very well-organised corporate-funded pseudo-spontaneity.
Town branding, as Jonathan Dodd pointed out in the Herald, has a nasty habit of being exceptionally easy to ridicule, particularly if the slogan that eventually makes it onto the welcome sign is based on lies, unrealistic expectations or blatant straw-clutching.
Of course, town branding can work. But the message …
A breakfast TV host
Mr WilberforceIn a media coup TVNZ has snared the star of the new movie by Jonathan King, Under the Mountain.