5 most-read stories in June ... STOPPRESS.CO.NZ

1 APN NZ’S MCNALLY PASSES AWAY

The tributes flowed for Andrew McNally, the well-liked and well-respected group advertising director at APN NZ, who died suddenly of a heart

attack at the age of 44.

2 GARDINER GOES OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY, SLAMS ‘ADLAND’S

BULLSHIT’

All eyes were on OMD’s departing social strategist Anthony Gardiner after he launched into an ‘epic rant’ on Twitter about the evils of the

industry he had spent the past six years in.

3 PIERSON SWAPS OMD FOR OPEN

When OMD’s ex-strategy director Jacquie Pierson

took up a position alongside Matt O’Sullivan in new media start-up Open, she certainly didn’t mince her words about the state of the local industry and

the big agencies that inhabit it.

4 JOB CUTS ON THE HORIZON FOR FAIRFAX, COMPANY LOOKS

TOWARDS PAYWALLS

As Fairfax battles the tough advertising environment, it was a case of more cost cutting, more job losses and

ongoing discussions about paywalls.

5 KIM DOTCOM’S MEGA SUFFERS DDOS ATTACK, ON THE LOOK OUT

FOR NEW STAFF

Despite his technical prowess, Kim Dotcom isn’t immune to nefarious internet powers, with his Mega

site hit by a distributed Denial of Service attack.