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Interview with Brendan Bruce 12 Jul 2013 | 07:51 pm
I’ve recently had the pleasure of email correspondence with Brendan Bruce and he kindly agreed to an interview for this site. Just to give you a bit of background about Brendan: Brendan has solid pr...
Labour Party seek new advertising agency for 2015 general election 8 Jul 2013 | 11:09 pm
Last week Campaign Magazine, the UK’s leading advertising trade magazine, ran a front cover story outlining the Labour Party’s intent to secure the services of an advertising agency to help them fight...
Is political advertising legal on TV in Britain? 8 Jul 2013 | 08:48 pm
Media law experts Lewis Silkin have written an amusing and informative summary of the European Court of Human Rights’ recent judgement to uphold the UK’s ban on the TV broadcast of political advertisi...
The Economist: Where do you stand? (June 2013) 19 Jun 2013 | 03:04 pm
The Economist has released the latest instalment of their popular ‘Where do you stand?’ poster campaign. One poster questions whether government investment is best directed at the old or at the young ...
Copyright and usage in political advertising: Bridget Riley example 11 Jun 2013 | 11:21 pm
During the local council elections in the UK last month a few campaign managers got in contact with questions about the clearances they need to get before including photographs and imagery in campaign...
Intellectual property rights in political advertising 11 Jun 2013 | 11:21 pm
During the local council elections in the UK last month a few campaign managers got in contact with questions about the clearances they need to get before including photographs and imagery in campaign...
FNB attacks South African government 31 May 2013 | 02:01 pm
Throughout the early part of this year there has been a huge public spat in South Africa between a fast growing and innovative national bank – FNB – and the ruling ANC government. The cause of the arg...
Anti-plain packaging ad 22 May 2013 | 09:41 pm
I somehow managed to miss this last month, but I thought it so interesting that it’s worth sharing for anyone else that may also be slow on the uptake. The tobacco giant JTI giant ran a national adv...
Review – Propaganda: power and persuasion at the British Library 20 May 2013 | 04:19 pm
On the weekend I went to visit Propaganda: Power and Persuasion, a new exhibition at the British Library examining state propaganda, from its origins in the ancient world up until the present day. If ...
What AdLand must learn from Thatcher 19 Apr 2013 | 02:04 pm
Here is yesterday’s Campaign Magazine leader (the advertising industry’s trade magazine) by Editor Danny Rogers which is on the topic of the lessons advertising can learn from Thatcher. The article ...
