Media
September 1st, 2010 by StopPress Team
Pacific Magazines’ slogan is “we create magazines people love”. But APN News & Media will soon be creating at least three of the core titles those people love, after New Zealand Magazines acquired the licence to publish the weeklies New Idea and That’s Life, and the monthly Girlfriend. Continue reading »
Movings/shakings
September 1st, 2010 by StopPress Team
Another edition of Movings/Shakings hits the shelves, and this time there are a few big names in the mix. Continue reading »
Wammo, Pound & Mash
September 1st, 2010 by Simon Pound
Wammo, Pound & Mash delves into the dark, mysterious arts of selling sweet confections and refreshing beverages. Continue reading »
Win
August 31st, 2010 by StopPress Team
Some wine is good. Some art is also good. So why not combine forces for a new wine, thought a wine company and an artist. The result was the seemingly socialist booze that goes by the name of The People’s Wine. And we’ve got heaps of it, in two different colours, to give away. Continue reading »
Gratuitous self-promotion
August 31st, 2010 by Ben Fahy
If you happened to look up from your iPhone as you strolled past a bookstore, dairy or supermarket, you may have noticed a collection of strange things made out of paper. They often call these quaint periodicals ‘magazines’. And a fresh, shiny new September-October NZ Marketing could just be among them. Continue reading »
Advertising
August 31st, 2010 by Ben Fahy
Everyone seems to be taking the American approach and neither confirming or denying who has nabbed the Lion Red and Waikato Draught business, but after talking to psychics, futurists and a few other humans, it seems fairly safe to assume that Lion’s unloved children have found new parents in the form of DDB and Josh&Jamie/Assignment. Continue reading »
Advertising
August 31st, 2010 by StopPress Team
When he was growing up, Kelly Addis dreamed of being a rock star. His first job as a butcher’s apprentice at Onehunga Foodtown was pretty much diametrically opposed to rockstardom. But now, almost three decades on, he’s living the dream, heading up award-winning Melbourne ad agency BoilerRoom. And last weekend he was honoured by his alma mater as one of three inductees into the Onehunga High Business School Hall of Fame. Continue reading »
Media
August 30th, 2010 by StopPress Team
Turns out TV isn’t dead: in the middle of what TVNZ chief executive Rick Ellis calls “the media industry’s greatest international downturn”, the national broadcaster has reported underlying earnings of $12.9 million for the financial year to 30 June, a $2.8 million (28 percent) increase on the previous financial year. Continue reading »
Advertising
August 30th, 2010 by StopPress Team
The good ship Special Group continues to steam ahead, taking home yet another Grand Prix (and US$10,000) for its greedy ‘Orcon + Iggy’ campaign at the AdStars gala awards at Busan in Korea. Continue reading »
Marketing
August 30th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
Since April, Positively Wellington Tourism has been on a mission to lure more of our Aussie friends across for a visit and smash a few misconceptions. And all indicators suggest the ‘There’s No Place Like Wellington’ campaign, which aims to showcase the region and its creative edge, has worked very well so far. But it’s taking things up a notch and getting experiential with WLG, a pop-up restaurant that will be operating in Sydney for two weeks next month in a bid to generate some buzz about the city.
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