As part of StopPress’ Production Month, seven directors from Curious Film answer questions about inspiration, career highlights and the format of film.

Self-titling your business often seems like the simplest way to intertwine your products with your own identity. But is it still this simple after your business grows and takes on its own meaning? Courtney Devereux finds out what having to uphold the reputation of a brand 24/7 really means.

Wrestler co-founder and chief executive Ben Forman has slipped into the 2019 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list at the ripe old age of 29. Forman is one of only six New Zealanders to make the list this year, and the only Kiwi in the media, marketing & advertising category. We chat to him about life as a young CEO and his vision for the future.

Spark New Zealand has announced Simon Moutter has resigned from his positions as managing director and as a director of the company.

A round of applause for Subaru, House of Travel and Countdown.

We take a look at April Fools’ pranks from New Zealand and around the world.

Banking and automotive brand categories were the biggest spenders on online video ads in February according to digital ad format data released by Standard Media Index (SMI). The data, which will be published each month, also showed display and production digital ad formats received the biggest share of digital ad spend for February.

At Adobe’s Summit 2019, technology, particularly how businesses can take advantage of it, was the great topic of focus. One of the speakers who really got attendees talking was AR and VR futurist Cathy Hackl, who joined the summit to talk about the different realities of the future and what they mean for businesses.

Sky Network Television’s former chief executive John Fellet is stepping down from the board, following other executives out the door.

One year into NZME’s OneRoof, the real estate website has gone from strength-to-strength. We sat down with chief digital officer Laura Maxwell to chat about how the platform has grown, why it works and where to next.

Vodafone Warriors chief executive Cameron George has announced a new commercial concept, calling for marketing agencies and interested companies to present a proposal for their brand to get in front of Vodafone Warriors fans at one of the club’s home games.

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

Ahead of Zavy releasing its ‘Understanding the role of social media in driving sales’ white paper, Erin McKenzie talks to Zavy CEO David Bowes about how businesses can make the most of their social media accounts.

“To win in today’s world every business has to transform themselves to become focussed on the customer experience,” said Adobe president and CEO Shantanu Narayen as he took to the stage at the Adobe Summit. What followed was an event about peoples’ purchasing of experiences, not just products. Erin McKenzie shares a few insights from day one at the event.

Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and separatism.

New Zealand-owned electricity retailer Prime Energy has taken to the streets with a new out-of-home campaign via Hello.

A round of applause for Motion Sickness and DDB.

The Association of New Zealand Advertisers and the Commercial Communications Council have released a second open letter to the global advertising and agency community, the next step in their quest to inspire a global change from social media platforms in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack.
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Facebook needs to take accountability for its role in the Christchurch terror attack, which was live streamed on the social media site, the Privacy Commissioner says.

DDB has introduced a new visual identity that the agency says captures the essence of who they are, as well as being an outward symbol of its thinking, work and people.

If the terror attacks on two Christchurch mosques proved anything, it’s that one senseless act can leave a nation in despair. But what does the data tell us about human’s ability to commit acts of love, versus acts of hate? AUT professor Mike Hutcheson reflects on a Twitter experiment carried out years ago that measured just this – and says there’s hope for us yet.

The latest issue of NZ Marketing came off the printers this week and is making its way to our subscribers. Delving into adland, the 96 pages cover the state of your industry in 2019, the challenges it faces and how it’s evolving.