YouTube reveals the five most popular ads of 2016.

Breaking into a well-established market is no easy task. But by coupling a strong product with the some-might-say mad decision to front his own advertising, Doug Hastie has made Chanui one of the more recognisable brands on the supermarket shelves. And for him, this is only the start of much bigger things.

Dentsu Aegis Network’s global media investment arm, Amplifi, has expanded into the local market with Richard Pook taking the reins.

Xero’s global director of media Patrick MacFie doesn’t hide under a PR blanket, openly admitting that Xero has made some content screw-ups along the way. But none of these have yet dissuaded the company from taking the DIY approach to producing its creative campaign. So what makes this added—some might say unnecessary—risk worth it?

Sick of Trump but love kittens? A new Chrome extension allows users to ‘Make America Kittens Again’ by replacing images of Trump with some furry alternatives.

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

Last year, StopPress collated some of the standout moments of 2016 in the annual ‘Year in the Rear’. Voting kicked off with our final newsletter and you went hard to make sure your opinions were heard. We returned from sun-soaking and surfing to find over 2,500 completed surveys, which were then meticulously analysed by our team of voter fraud analysts to ensure there was no rigging. While some categories saw a standout winner others were tight, and with that, Spark deserves a special shout-out for being pipped at the post in all three of its nominated categories.

Building supply specialist ITM has launched its new app by challenging builders to catch the biggest virtual fish in a VR ‘ITM Go Fish’ competition via JustOne.

Cancer Research UK is hoping to raise awareness for bowel cancer, by filming ‘Live from Inside the Body’ to show audiences across the country what a colonoscopy looks like.

Over the last few years, we’ve seen Whittaker’s partner with a number of brands, including L&P, Lewis Road Creamery and Jelly Tip, to produce a range of interesting hybrids. And now the Porirua-based chocolate company is continuing its collaborative trend by teaming up with Meridian Energy for a new campaign, focused on renewable energy.

Warehouse Stationery have uploaded a video of paint drying (literally). The question remains, why?

Brand Spanking found itself facing questions from the Otago Daily Times, after it launched a search for staff to promote a mysterious tobacco product.

Aucklanders may have seen billboards pop up encouraging women to get into construction trade, but they aren’t just an ads for jobs. As founder and CEO, Christina Rogstad discusses, they’re part of a wider effort to change perceptions about construction trades and show women that it doesn’t have to be a male-dominated industry.

RNZ’s latest piece of digital innovation is putting listeners’ voices to air through a self-recording app called VoxPop.

NZTA, The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery enjoy a bright start to 2017.

No doubt to the joy and relief of some parents, the start of the new school year is just on the horizon. So as kids and students start compiling their ‘back to school kits’, some brands are making the most of the country’s stationery and lunchbox fervour.

America’s Radio Mercury Awards has served up some questionable inspiration for radio stars by encouraging them to push the boundaries and break the rules in a call for entries campaign.

Meat and Livestock Australia have once again caused a stir with a ‘Celebrate Australia’ campaign that’s been criticised for misrepresenting the country’s history.