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TV magic fades for advertisers
Advertisers are warning of a "tipping point" in the value of TV time that will affect spending habits this year.

Vodafone pays out $270k to customers
Vodafone has settled a case with the Commerce Commission and paid out almost $270,000 to 11,000 customers who signed up to a mobile broadband promotion.

Deals on wheels idea takes off
Motorists are turning their cars into mobile billboards - with hopes of being paid up to $1k a month .CarAds began operating in Auckland this week, connecting advertisers with car owners willing to be paid to have their cars emblazoned with ads.

Magnetic bands ads 'misleading'
An advertiser has been ordered to remove online claims that magnetic wrist and ankle bands have therapeutic benefits including relieving tension and purifying blood.

Orcon's Dotcom ad deemed 'misleading'
An advert featuring Kim Dotcom offering "truly unlimited broadband" has been deemed misleading by the advertising watchdog.

Kevin Roberts: Rome wasn't built on apathy
We must first conquer our island syndrome and pull together if we are ever to win the world from the edge, writes Kevin Roberts.

Sexy ads turn women off
Research shows that while women do exhibit negative reactions to sexual imagery, this diminishes for high value products.

Countdown pinged for two-day 'one-day'sale
Countdown has been ordered to withdraw advertisements for a "one-day sale'' that ran online for 21 hours over two days.

Deodorant's TV ad in pore form
A deodorant advertisement has been pulled after its claim to protect against stress sweating in "five ways" was found to be misleading.

Outrage over Orcon's Dotcom campaign
A campaign featuring Kim Dotcom and an insurance ad alleged to make soccer players feel unmanly have prompted complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority.

Business insight: Struggling companies need to ask hard questions
You operate in an industry popularly perceived to be in decline - how do you keep going?

Gender stereotypes in ads
They said “men can eat yoghurt, as long as it’s thick and chunky and built to tame a man’s hunger”. The only trouble was the men didn’t believe it.

APN sells outdoor advertising business
APN News & Media, which publishes the New Zealand Herald newspaper, has agreed to sell its stake in an outdoor advertising joint venture with Quadrant Private Equity for some A$69 million.

'Racist' muesli bar ad cleared by watchdog
An ad accused of racism for portraying Maori as cannibals has been cleared by the advertising watchdog.

Complaints of racism against muesli bar's TV ad
Complaints of racism against the television advertisement for Tasti Muesli Bars, which features cartoon characters bouncing to the tune of OMC's How Bizarre, have been dismissed.

Rob Livingstone: Google stole the cookies from the jar
Internet giant's plan to further dominate advertising brings privacy issues to fore, writes Rob Livingstone.