The industry takes £14.4bn from UK punters every yearBetfred owners make millions from company treating gambling addictsWho are Fred and Peter Done, the brothers behind Betfred?The gambling industry has exploded over the past decade and now takes £14.4…
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YouTube ads of 100 top brands fund climate misinformation – study
Avaaz says firms are unaware commercials being played alongside misleading videosSome of the biggest companies in the world are funding climate misinformation by advertising on YouTube, according to a study from activist group Avaaz.The group found tha…
Read moreKylie Minogue tries to lure Brexit-weary Britons in new Tourism Australia ad ‘Matesong’
Pop star reprises Neighbours character in a song that also includes tennis star Ash Barty, comedian Adam Hills and former cricketer Shane WarneA new $15m tourism campaign featuring Kylie Minogue is aiming to lure Brexit-weary Britons to Australia with …
Read more‘Advertising breaks your spirit’: the French cities trying to ban public adverts
Activists in Lille recently demonstrated against advertising, while Grenoble has replaced hundreds of adverts with trees and noticeboards. Could cities remove ads altogether?On a pavement in the northern French city of Lille, an advertising panel rotat…
Read moreAdvertising watchdog bans e-cigarette promotion on Instagram
British American Tobacco and three other firms’ use of platform ruled as advertisingBritish American Tobacco (BAT) and three other e-cigarette firms have been banned by the UK advertising watchdog from promoting their vaping products on public Instagra…
Read moreSaatchi isn’t working: ad agency crisis as directors and co-founder quit
Lord Saatchi and all non-executive directors including Lord Dobbs announce departure amid accounting scandalM&C Saatchi has announced a boardroom exodus with all its non-executive directors and the company’s co-founder Lord Saatchi to leave the cri…
Read moreSaatchi isn’t working: ad agency crisis as directors and co-founder quit
Lord Saatchi and all non-executive directors including Lord Dobbs announce departure amid accounting scandalM&C Saatchi has announced a boardroom exodus with all its non-executive directors and the company’s co-founder Lord Saatchi to leave the cri…
Read moreSelling James Bond: why No Time to Die is a product placement dream
The trailer is not only a shopfront for the film but also for some of the world’s priciest brandsThe official trailer for the new Bond film, No Time to Die, was released only on Wednesday but has already been viewed tens of millions of times, which is …
Read moreM&C Saatchi’s accounts scandal paints a less than glittering picture
Shared ownership works well if share prices are rising, but the ad firm’s big fall may spell troubleHere’s Jeremy Sinclair’s entry into the book of silly things said by advertising folk: “2018 was our 10th year of growth,” declared the chairman of M&am…
Read morePeloton faces backlash over ‘sexist, dystopian’ exercise bike advert
In ad man buys his partner an exercise bike for Christmas and she vlogs her grateful thanksThe exercise bike company Peloton has been widely criticised for a Christmas advert described as “sexist” and “dystopian” by social media users.In the advert, a …
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