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Jesus mobile phone advert is banned
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
A phone advert featuring a cartoon picture of Jesus winking and giving a thumbs-up sign was banned by the advertising watchdog yesterday.
Hair-splitting, brazen denials and six decades of dirty tricks
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Steve Connor: 'Anything can be considered harmful. Apple sauce is harmful if you get too much of it,' a Philip Morris memo claimed.
Magazine's model battleship that will cost £830 in parts
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Readers of a magazine offering the chance to build a model of the battleship HMS Hood will have to pay a staggering £830 to collect all the parts needed to complete it.
Welcome to Britain. (You needn't bring a broom...)
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Kunal Dutta and Peter York: It was all going so well and then came the riots. So, how to get the tourists back?
Google to pay $500m over unlawful drug ads
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Google has agreed to a half-a-billion-dollar settlement with the US government for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place adverts targeting American consumers that led to unlawful prescription drug imports.
How companies use scents to sell their products
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Does the subtle hint of coffee make you want to buy a cup? Christopher White on the sweet smell of commerce.
Website's Kate Moss quote slammed
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
A website which stocked a range of children's shirts emblazoned with a controversial quote from Kate Moss has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Malaysian TV station cuts ads that offended non-Muslims
Thursday, 4 August 2011
A television station has dropped a series of commercials to mark the Muslim month of Ramadan after viewers complained that the ads insulted Malaysia's non-Muslim ethnic minorities.
ITV vows to outstrip rivals' ad revenues
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Despite the economic headwinds and tough comparison with last year's Football World Cup, ITV lifted advertising revenues in the first half, with the broadcaster adding it would outperform rivals during the rest of the year.
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