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Painkiller adverts misleading, panel rules
Two drug companies which market popular painkillers have given each other a headache over the advertising of one of the drugs.
Venice's giant ads 'eyesores'
A group of the world's leading cultural experts have launched a stinging attack on the Italian Government over the use of giant advertisements placed on some of Venice's most historic sights.
All Blacks: Tricks ad a hit, but is it fake?
The Rugby Channel's ad featuring All Blacks showing off some incredible skills has attracted attention worldwide - but is it real?
<i>Mark Irving:</i> Poor service? Poor advertising
I've always thought there's a bit of a correlation between good customer service and good advertising.
ASB farewells Goldstein as 11-year ad campaign ends
ASB Bank has confirmed that the face of its long running advertising campaign, New York banker Ira Goldstein, will be no more.
Air NZ's 'whoop whoop' questioned
A woman whose father died in the Air NZ Mt Erebus disaster has questioned the airline's use 'whoop whoop' - the last signal crew heard before the DC-10 went down - in its advertising.
'We got Sonny on the cheap'
Rebel Sport says it got a bargain by being first out of the blocks to sign an ad campaign deal with Sonny Bill Williams.
Retailers seek gaps in RWC promo rules
Public relations and advertising agencies are plotting RWC tactics.
<i>Mark Irving:</i> National stereotypes looking tired
Are cultural stereotypes tired and irrelevant?
'Colossal ripoff' - readers react to U2 surcharge
NZ Herald readers respond to Ticketek's $19 transaction surcharge to buy U2 tickets.
<i>Media</i>: Sex creeps into early prime time TV
A respected children's media expert is lamenting that kids have been sacrificed to sleaze under NZ's TV standards system.
<i>Mark Irving: </i> What branding can really do
Often the advertising for products such as beer, bottled water and milk is the only point of difference because the products are so similar.
What's in a name? Too much to throw away
If a new identity is the only way to escape your online past, maybe Facebook just isn't worth it.
Controversial posters cause outrage
Advertising posters depicting the Pope as a paedophile and Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber have been ripped down.
Burger ad complaint not upheld
A complaint that a Burger King TV ad was offensive to vegetarians by suggesting a burger could convert them to eating meat has not been upheld.
Tobacco firm denies YouTube marketing
British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.
<i>Mark Irving</i> - Where are all the good billboards?
Mark Irving, advertising company director on what makes a good billboard and why there are so few good examples out there.
Shell in court over misleading ad claims
Oil giant Shell misled consumers by claiming its fuel was able to take drivers further, the Commerce Commission says.