Month: September 2004

Ofcom bans Land Rover ad

Marketing Week

Ofcom, the television watchdog, has banned a Land Rover ad for glamourising gun culture after receiving 348 complaints. The ad, created by Rainey Kelly Roalfe Campbell/ Y&R, shows a woman rushing after a man with a gun, which she then uses as a starting pistol.

You want the moon on a… cushion?

Marketing Week

In the old days, when the Diary was roping steers on a Texas dude ranch, life was simple: the only things that got branded were the cows’ rears. These days, it seems that everything and anything can be branded – so much so that things have come full circle, from branded backsides on the range […]

Finance Week to launch

Marketing Week

Centaur, publisher of Marketing Week, is to launch the first weekly magazine for finance directors and financial controllers, called Finance Week. It will appear in the autumn. The editor will be Marketing Week columnist and former deputy editor Sean Brierley.

Killing with kindness

Marketing Week

The life of a journalist can be a dangerous one but, while the reporters in Iraq have good reason to be on their guard, Marketing Week‘s finest usually sleep easy at night. That was until a package arrived at MW HQ, full of first-aid supplies. But the Diary thinks it may have got to the […]

Campaign to promote new shows on Sci Fi Channel

Marketing Week

Quiet Storm has created a through-the-line campaign to promote new shows on the Sci Fi Channel this autumn. The campaign features members of the public talking about paranormal experiences. It has the strapline ‘There’s a bit of a geek in all of us.’

Interbrew changes to InBev

Marketing Week

Interbrew has changed its name to InBev, following approval of its merger with Brazilian brewer AmBev. Brent Willis, Interbrew chief commercial officer, retains his position.