High-profile fixtures and events would struggle to survive if bans on alcohol advertising are adopted.

Australia is poised to introduce the world's harshest anti-smoking laws, with tobacco companies forced to sell cigarettes in plain packets resembling prescription drug packs.

Apple is following Google and Microsoft's lead and entering the online advertising fray - using iPhone's location capabilities to serve highly-targeted ads.

Tiger Woods is at the centre of more controversy, this time involving an aerial advertising campaign at the Masters in Augusta.

An Auckland church says its Easter billboard was vandalised because of a disagreement over Jesus' knowledge of his own fate.

Former One News presenter Richard Long regrets his role as the television voice for Hanover Finance - and says he has lost about $50,000 himself.

The Feelers have been confirmed as the voice of the de facto anthem for next year's Rugby World Cup.

A real estate agent sent cold-calling condolences to a grieving widow - then offered to sell her house.

The future of bumbling New York banker Ira Goldstein - one of TV's most familiar faces - is uncertain, as ASB assesses his place in future campaigns.

Tracey Banett writes that advertising by men won't work when women hold the purse strings.

The choices we make at the supermarket checkout are less down to personal taste than we might like to think.