The original New Zealand online media buying agency, The Internet Advertising Bureau (IB), is set to join forces with digital acquisition experts Catch!Media to create a full service digital agency. Read more »

Hubris and Nemesis

By Phil Bilbrough

As a part time environmentalist I have begun to see a new side of social media – one that niggles and hurts me, yet like a sadomasochist it makes me love it more. Read more »

Press Release – Saatchi and Saatchi

The award season kicked off in style for Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Zealand offices with the announcement of the 2009 Fairfax AdMedia winners, closely followed by the CAANZ AXIS award show.
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Press Release – Pride In Print

A unique method of inviting customers to celebratory drinks has been devised by a Wellington brand agency — hiding a miniature vodka bottle in a book. Totem Communications created an intriguing two-tiered “detective story” invite, which commenced when …
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Press Release – Family First

Family First NZ is slamming a Wellington sex shop advertisement as highly offensive and tacky and is perfect evidence of the need to have a pre-vetting procedure on public billboards.
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Press Release – CAANZ

The top award of Grand AXIS at the 2009 CAANZ AXIS awards was presented to Colenso BBDO for their work on Read a Book at Work for client New Zealand Book Council.
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Press Release – AIM Proximity

At the 31st John Caples Awards for Direct Marketing Excellence held in New York today, AIM Proximity won the Sackheim Best In Show award for their interactive ‘Get in on the secret’ Valentine’s Day campaign for client The Warehouse. In a move that …
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Press Release – Myspace.com

MySpace New Zealand has launched new cyber bullying safety tips and announced a partnership with Girlfriend Magazine to promote a new online ‘Code of Conduct’ to combat cyber bullying.
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Press Release – DraftFCB

The 1000 Hours Project, recently launched by advertising agency DraftFCB, has received a positive response from NZ business. The initiative sees 1000 free hours of advertising expertise offered by DraftFCB to help maintain and create jobs.
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Article – Businesswire

March 13 – Joan Withers resigned as head of Fairfax Media’s New Zealand operations after almost five years in the job.
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