Wellington, October 18 (JY&A Media) To celebrate its 15th birthday this weekend, international fashion magazine Lucire has announced it will release a print-on-demand global edition to complement its web, tablet, and traditional print editions. Publisher Jack Yan says the new edition, produced at Vertia Print, is only now possible because of advances in digital […]
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Stockholm and Wellington, August 27 (JY&A Media) Stefan Engeseth, the well known Swedish marketing author, will head to New Zealand for the Marketing Association’s Marketing Today conference in Auckland, to be held on September 18 and 19 (www.marketing.org.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=136). His latest book, Sharkonomics, has been praised by marketing experts worldwide, including Prof Philip Kotler, who […]
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Wellington, March 18 (JY&A Media) Massey University student Danielle Smith not only turns 21 today, but her first typeface family, JY Dandy, is officially released. Licences go on sale today directly from JY&A Fonts, and JY Dandy will be made available via MyFonts.com and other retailers before March 31. Smith, in her final year […]
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Hamilton, March 12 New Zealanders have a chance to experience the changes to the Give Way rules in real-life situations, safely and easily on their computers, with eDrive’s latest module. Users can access the Give Way simulations for free. Instead of computer-drawn animations, eDrive’s acclaimed training modules are filmed on real New Zealand […]
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Hamilton, August 15 eDrive, the web-based interactive driver training tool designed to help lower New Zealand’s high road toll, will go on sale at BP Connect stores nationally from August 15. BP, with its commitment to road safety, sees eDrive as a way of helping not only the at-risk 15- to 25-year-old group, but […]
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Wellington, August 9 JY&A Fonts (http://jya.net/fonts), the typeface design arm of Jack Yan & Associates, announces that the majority of its font range now includes the Indian rupee symbol. It is among the first typefoundries to issue fonts with the new symbol. The fonts are now available for licensing from MyFonts.com and Typos in […]
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Hamilton, New Zealand, July 8 (JY&A Media) Visitors to New Zealand know that the country is one of the most beautiful in the world—but its roads can be treacherous, often due to poor driving behaviour. Dr Robert Isler has sought to remedy that using a web-based interactive tool called eDrive (www.edrive.co.nz). In New Zealand, […]
Wellington, May 21 (JY&A Media) Wellington International Airport Ltd. has announced its intention to erect a ‘Wellywood’ sign, apeing the Hollywood original, despite a huge outcry from residents in 2010 that had initially forced it to back down from the idea. Residents have taken to Facebook and Twitter again on news of the sign […]
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Publisher and designer believes bill is unfair Wellington, April 14 (JY&A Media) Wellington businessman Jack Yan is one of many netizens who oppose the provisions in a copyright amendment bill which had its second reading in the House under urgency last night. Despite each one of his businesses relying on copyright protection, Mr Yan […]
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Wellington and London, April 8 (JY&A Media) Autocade, the international car cyclopædia (http://autocade.net), reached its 1,000,000-page-view milestone this week, despite having had little promotion. It also announces a collaboration today with Keith Adams’s successful AROnline (http://aronline.co.uk), the best known online resource on British motoring history. Jack Yan, who started Autocade, intended it to be […]