With entries open for The 2019 Pressies, we take a look at pop culture hacking with TBWA’s Angelina Farry and Ben Wheeler, 2degrees chief brand and insights officer.

NZME’s half-year results to 30 June 2019 are out, showing a decline in profit and revenue. Statutory net profit after tax is $1 million and total revenue of $181.1 million.

Social enterprise The Cookie Project is connecting consumers with their bakers and breaking down social stigma around disabilities, thanks to its new packaging armed with a QR code.

Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the Industry.

We’ve given the mic to the industry’s future leaders. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, a news reporter at Radio New Zealand, shares her thoughts on New Zealand media.

Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.

WPP AUNZ has posted a loss of $253.5 million for the half year ending 30 June 2019. In the announcement, John Steedman, executive director and Interim chief executive officer looked in the future, discussing agreements to reduce its portfolio by 20 businesses.

Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the industry.

For the year ended 30 June 2019, Sky is reporting a net loss after tax of $607.8 million with revenue decreasing to $795.1 million. It’s asking shareholders to support it in its strategy to invest to grow.

We’ve given the mic to the industry’s future leaders. Peter Yee, a business manager at Sky advertising sales, shares his thoughts on New Zealand’s media.

At the end of last month, advertising executives strolled around Sydney’s iconic Luna Park for Advertising Week APAC, attending workshops and seminars from global industry leaders on topics ranging from mental health to the future of media. Georgina Harris attended the annual conference where Facebook’s vice president of partnerships, Ime Archibong, spoke about social responsibility, the danger of a single story and the power of technology.

A five-way pitch has ended with BMW Group New Zealand appointing Pead PR as its agency of record. The agency will oversee all communication elements for the group including press office management, corporate reputation and product communications for its two core brands BMW and MINI.

NZME has launched a full in-house programmatic sales team dedicated to its advertising agency partners – the day after KPEX announced its closure.

Back for another year, NZ Marketing has selected the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what came out on top for the judges’ choice, our avid StopPress readers with their fingers on the pulse cast 4,507 votes to decide the People’s Choice winners.

Spark New Zealand’s annual results show profit growth, stronger operating margins and market share gains while it looks to a future of 5G, cybersecurity, streaming and automation.

New Zealand could have a billion dollar interactive media and gaming industry within five years, a new government report has found.

KPEX, the Kiwi Premium Ad Exchange consortium created in 2015 by Stuff, NZME, Mediaworks and TVNZ, is to close.

A round of applause for KiwiRail and TrackSafe NZ, Electric Kiwi and Sealy of Australia.