An eagle-eyed, schadenfreude-loving reader sent us this house ad promoting APN’s special recruitment feature, Career14. Can you spot the issue?

Advertisers releasing teaser spots for their Super Bowl ads could be seen by some as prime evidence that The Rapture will soon be upon us and it’s likely the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be coming for those in this industry first. Thankfully, Newcastle Brown Ale is here to be the voice of reason—and, in its quintessential ‘No Bollocks’ style, skewer the marketing tactics of other brands—by creating a hypothetical ad for the S**** B***.

In the words of Chuck Palahniuk’s Tyler Durden in Fight Club, “advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.” And while this remains true for the most part, there are times when advertisers also use their skills to encourage people to make the world a better place.

Online video is a big feature of the 2104 season campaign developed for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra by its agency The Church. The campaign stars the orchestra’s first app and a new microsite.

Media Titles Group has sold its holding in Rugby News to Mark Calverley of Auckland in a move that sees the six directors, which comprised the largely Australian-based group, relinquishing their control of the publication.

Beer and reptiles might not have much in common, but Carl Vasta, founder and owner of Tuatara, one of the country’s most successful craft beer brands, has combined these two things to great effect.

Mobile device owners are worth marketers’ attention when it comes to promoting messages through outdoor advertising, according to new research from Roy Morgan.

Cisco has marked its Tomorrow Starts Here campaign with a TVC about the internet of things, shot in New Zealand. The ad shows some of Auckland’s best sides and the possibility and reality of internet-connected devices making our lives easier.

Rather than simply asking this question, Australian creative agency Flickering Wall hypothesised the possible result with a sensational short film for Denham Jeans.

Web company Squarespace is tapping into Superbowl hype with a trailer that shows us everything that’s wrong with the internet. That includes too many things to squeeze into 15 seconds, but Squarespace has managed to get in epic fails, cheesy contests and online dating.

Google’s new TVC for its entertainment store Google Play is a celebration of everything related to the heart — and alert viewers will notice a quick grab of Kiwi songstress Lorde among the artists gracing the service’s play arrow icon.

A US law firm has got creative with two of life’s not-so-good things: divorce and non-existent YouTube videos. And the videos wouldn’t be complete without a hint of celebrity.

The Christmas shopping season saw more Kiwis go online for purchases, but the rate of online spending growth by New Zealanders on Christmas Day was higher for retailers whose sites are based offshore than for locals, according to BNZ and Marketview’s latest provisional figures.

It was all hands on deck at Vend’s recently-opened Auckland office as it made its new introductory video. The point of sale company was at pains to avoid startup video cliches like happy hipsters and clever cartoons.

Rather than adopting the shock-inspired approach, DraftFCB has instead chosen to use a PR stunt to show off the utility of the new Sony waterproof MP3 player. The Auckland-based agency dropped the product into a bottle of water and then placed it in vending machines located in areas where the target market would be likely to pass them.

Westpac has had nearly 30,000 YouTube views of a promotional clip for its UK Global App challenge, which calls on British geeks to test their adventurous mettle downunder.

In a new series, we talk to Kiwi keyboard tappers that have managed to shift from the personal realm of blogging to create online media brands that are widely read (and in some cases profitable). In the first segment, we chat to Jamie Frater, the founder of Listverse.

A look back at the advertising published in the 2 January 1900 edition of the Otago Daily Times provides a glimpse at the cost of living, the advertising standards and the creative motivations that pervaded the early 20th century.

The look and functionality of Kim Dotcom’s long awaited music service Baboom has been revealed and so far it’s a showcase of the internet entrepreneur and his album Good Times.