Advertising · The Daily Edge

# advertising - Saturday 19 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Monumental

Ryanair put in bid for sponsorship rights of… the Colosseum

Yesterday, 8:15 AM 4,407 Views 16 Comments

Could the Roman monument have become known as the O’Leary Bowl or the Ryanair Rodeo? Not now, it won’t.

# advertising - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

From Business ETC

Facebook

General Motors pulls $10m account from Facebook, says ads have little impact

Wed, 8:55 AM 4,652 Views 44 Comments

The auto maker says it will no longer be shelling out for paid ads on the social networking site.

From TheJournal.ie

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

Wed, 8:33 AM 2,627 Views 3 Comments

The nine stories you need to know about this morning, including: Occupy Galway camp dismantled, a new Mission to Prey court case, and why one company won’t advertise on Facebook anymore…

# advertising - Monday 14 May, 2012

From Business ETC

Sell Sell Sell This post contains images

In pictures: Vintage US cigarette advertising

Mon, 7:30 AM 4,366 Views 9 Comments

From Santa and pets, to Ronald Reagan and babies, tobacco companies have tried all angles to sell cigarettes.

# advertising - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann photo used to advertise Portugal holidays

09/05/12 9,757 Views 21 Comments

The famous image appeared on the VoucherDigg site advertising discounts on holidays.

# advertising - Thursday 3 May, 2012

Advertising

It worked! Bid placed after used-car sale pitch

03/05/12 11,421 Views 11 Comments

But engineer cum used-car salesman Rob O’Rourke is playing hard ball.

Badvertising This post contains a poll

Is Ashton Kutcher’s new “dating” ad racist?

03/05/12 2,992 Views 32 Comments

Or does it just highlight that the actor is actually pretty good at accents?

# advertising - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

Work Can Wait

Best Used-Car Sales Pitch of the Day

02/05/12 18,341 Views 23 Comments

“The Best Car You Will Ever Own. Fact.”

# advertising - Sunday 22 April, 2012

From Business ETC

Never Too Old

6 female brand spokespeople who show age is just a number

22/04/12 6,429 Views 3 Comments

Legendary women who can still promote a product.

# advertising - Friday 20 April, 2012

From Business ETC

Sponsored Post This post contains images

5 properties to view in… Dalkey, Killiney, Sandycove

20/04/12 8,841 Views No Comments

Sherry FitzGerald picks five homes you can see this weekend.

# advertising - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

From Business ETC

Advertising

Online advertising up one-fifth in 2011 – study

18/04/12 1,246 Views 2 Comments

IAB Ireland and PwC study says an estimated €132 million was spent on online advertising last year.

# advertising - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

From Business ETC

Ireland Online

3 out of 5 Irish internet users trust Irish content sites

17/04/12 1,887 Views 4 Comments

Survey carried out for Association of Online Publishers Ireland shows that Irish online audiences want good quality content that relates to them.

# advertising - Monday 16 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Opinion

Column: Let’s not cow-tow to ‘sacred’ cheese industry

16/04/12 4,885 Views 30 Comments

Far from worrying that a ban on advertising cheese to children will hurt their calcium intake, says food writer Frank Armstrong, concerned gastronomes are missing the point…

# advertising - Sunday 8 April, 2012

Guinness Friday This post contains videos

VIDEO: A 1970s guide to selling Guinness to the British

08/04/12 6,543 Views 20 Comments

Vintage TV ads show the stout wasn’t just aimed at an ex-pat audience in the UK…

# advertising - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should advertising cheddar cheese to children be restricted?

04/04/12 7,074 Views 88 Comments

The National Dairy Council has again come out with an appeal for cheddar cheese not to be placed in the ‘less healthy’ food/drink list in the Children’s Commercial Code. What do you think?

# advertising - Monday 2 April, 2012

Marketing This post contains a poll

New Burger King ad makes eyes at beauty burgers

02/04/12 768 Views No Comments

The fast food restaurant tries to appeal to the ladies – with burger eyeshadow.

# advertising - Friday 30 March, 2012

From Business ETC

Advertising

What do YOU think of the draft children’s ads code?

30/03/12 3,076 Views 18 Comments

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland wants to hear what the public think of proposed limits to how fatty, sugary and salty food and drink is targeted at children in ads.

# advertising - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

Pic Of The Day

Vaguely Alarming Photocall of the Day

27/03/12 6,509 Views 15 Comments

No comment.

# advertising - Sunday 18 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Guinness

250 years of genius: The evolution of Guinness advertising

18/03/12 9,706 Views 36 Comments

For 250 years, Guinness has been been at the forefront of successful Irish branding. We take a look at how the company used advertising in print and on television to spread the word of the black stuff.

# advertising - Monday 5 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Rush Limbaugh

Seventh advertiser suspends funding for Rush Limbaugh’s show over “slut” comments

05/03/12 4,811 Views 37 Comments

The radio host had harshly criticised a student who testified to Congress over contraceptives.

# advertising - Friday 2 March, 2012

Winning

Charlie Sheen pokes fun at house arrest in Fiat ad

02/03/12 4,696 Views 6 Comments

The former Two and a Half Men is back on the small screen…

# advertising - Thursday 1 March, 2012

From Business ETC

Going Going...

World’s biggest advertising company to move HQ from Dublin to London

01/03/12 7,373 Views 26 Comments

WPP, which announced record profits of €1.2 billion today, confirmed that it plans to leave Dublin as soon as new tax rules are passed in Westminster.

# advertising - Sunday 19 February, 2012

From Business ETC

Banned This post contains images

Too sexy, too violent or plain offensive: 20 ads banned in the UK

19/02/12 19,199 Views 17 Comments

Are you offended?

# advertising - Friday 17 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Friday

17/02/12 4,318 Views 2 Comments

In the Fix tonight: Eircom Studyhub hacked; unvouched expenses; and Chris O’Dowd v Miss Piggy…

From Business ETC

Appointment

Tanya Banotti appointed new head of IAPI

17/02/12 213 Views No Comments

Banotti, the daughter of former MEP and presidential candidate Mary Banotti, is to join the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland from May.

From TheJournal.ie

Badvertising

Ads for ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ prompt complaints

17/02/12 7,795 Views 59 Comments

The slogan “Bigger. Fatter. Gypsier” – used in Channel 4′s billboard campaign for the new series of the show – has been criticised as offensive and racist.

# advertising - Monday 6 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

Alan Crosbie

Crosbie: newspapers should get a slice of any new broadcasting charge

06/02/12 2,808 Views 47 Comments

Alan Crosbie is chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, owners of 17 newspapers – he also said new media had capacity “to destroy civil society”.

From Business ETC

Announcement

TheJournal.ie appoints Business Development Manager

06/02/12 3,747 Views 31 Comments

Also, our site hit one million unique users for the first time in January. Woo!

# advertising - Saturday 4 February, 2012

From Business ETC

Broadband

UPC ordered to drop ‘fastest broadband’ claim from adverts

04/02/12 10,399 Views 37 Comments

The advertising standards watchdog upholds a complaint from Magnet, which says its own broadband speeds are faster.

# advertising - Friday 3 February, 2012

From Business ETC

Tripadvisor

TripAdvisor defends reader reviews following warning by watchdog

03/02/12 7,640 Views 23 Comments

The website has responded to criticisms about its “real travellers’” reviews section – saying that its users made “educated decision” based on reviews.

# advertising - Thursday 26 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie

9 At 9 This post contains videos

The 9 at 9: Thursday

26/01/12 4,112 Views 9 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

# advertising - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

From Business ETC

RTÉ

RTÉ gets green light in advertising dispute with TV3

17/01/12 6,446 Views 17 Comments

The competition watchdog has approved commitments by the State broadcaster – which had been accused by TV3 of selling adverts inappropriately.

# advertising - Friday 30 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie

Smoking This post contains videos

Video: Teenager tells of grief as new anti-smoking drive is launched

30/12/11 5,321 Views 33 Comments

Kilkenny teen Margaret O’Brien has spoken about losing her mother to lung cancer, as part of a moving new HSE campaign.

# advertising - Saturday 17 December, 2011

Photoshop

US moves towards banning Photoshop in make-up ads

17/12/11 5,223 Views 24 Comments

Cosmetics giant Procter & Gamble has been forced to pull an ad which used post-production to enhance a model’s eyelashes

# advertising - Saturday 3 December, 2011

From Business ETC

Opinion

Column: Applying the lessons of beating Big Tobacco to beating Big Food

03/12/11 5,502 Views 35 Comments

An ‘obesity tax’ on its own is a regressive move – much more nuanced strategies are required to get people thinking about what they put in their bodies, says food writer Frank Armstrong.

# advertising - Friday 25 November, 2011

Humbug This post contains a poll This post contains videos

Is this ad ruining Christmas for children?

25/11/11 7,930 Views 33 Comments

Hundreds of people have complained to the advertising watchdog in the UK about this Christmas ad from chainstore Littlewoods – but is it really that bad? (WARNING! Do not read this piece if you are under 10).

# advertising - Wednesday 23 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie

Advertising

GAA-themed crisps ads not Hunky Dory, says advertising watchdog

23/11/11 4,979 Views 63 Comments

The ASAI upholds 82 complaints against the Gaelic football-themed Hunky Dory’s ads which caused “grave and widespread offence”.

# advertising - Sunday 13 November, 2011

Affairs

Over 40,000 people in Ireland want to have affairs

13/11/11 3,082 Views 34 Comments

And AshleyMadison.com is helping them…

# advertising - Friday 11 November, 2011

From Business ETC

Online Advertising

Online advertising spending in Ireland sees record growth

11/11/11 834 Views No Comments

Advertisers spent €65m in online adverts in the first half of this year alone – meaning online advertising has now overtaken spending in radio, outdoor, cinema and magazine formats.

1 2 3 Next

Most Popular Today

1	Column: Some talk about the ‘magic’ of childbirth. To me, it was horrific. 6,572 13

2	Weather set to heat up mid-week 5,871 16

3	Noah’s Ark and whole genitalia: The week in quotes 5,368 4

1	“I’m trying to stop contagion” – Noonan on ‘feta cheese’ remark 6,445 76

2	Eurobond plan won’t delay referendum, says Noonan 2,745 21

3	End of G8 summit: Obama talks of ‘emerging consensus’ on economic fix 2,303 21

1	Fernando Torres tells AS: “I’m not comfortable at Chelsea.” 7,984 94

2	Home is the hero: Katie Taylor touches down in Dublin 5,571 28

3	In pictures: Ireland squad’s first full training session 3,199 3

1	Top 20: The best-selling singles in Irish history 6,849 29

2	9 fictional film items we really, really wish existed 6,341 26

3	VIDEO: Every Eurovision song you’ve ever heard, ever. 3,342 8

Trending Tags

HITCHED

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg weds on day after IPO

I Knew You Were Waiting For Me: singer Aretha Franklin is engaged at 69

WEEK IN WEB

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

FACEBOOK

Facebook, lightning and Euro 2020: the week in statistics

VIDEO: Are you ready for Zuckerberg: The Musical?

Poll: Should students be expelled for posting abuse on social networking sites?

FUN

Your guide to the strangest summer festivals in Ireland

Unexpected Ministerial Balloon Photoshoot of the Day

Teachers Dancing Behind Students Video of the Day

IRELAND

Ryanair put in bid for sponsorship rights of… the Colosseum

Guinness turns submarine into deep-sea bar

How Noonan got it wrong: Eight things Ireland can thank Greece for

USA

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

Man bitten by rattlesnake in Wal-Mart

Sophia and Jacob are top US baby names

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Switch to Mobile Site

# advertising - Saturday 19 May, 2012

# advertising - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

# advertising - Monday 14 May, 2012

# advertising - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

# advertising - Thursday 3 May, 2012

# advertising - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

# advertising - Sunday 22 April, 2012

# advertising - Friday 20 April, 2012

# advertising - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

# advertising - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

# advertising - Monday 16 April, 2012

# advertising - Sunday 8 April, 2012

# advertising - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

# advertising - Monday 2 April, 2012

# advertising - Friday 30 March, 2012

# advertising - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

# advertising - Sunday 18 March, 2012

# advertising - Monday 5 March, 2012

# advertising - Friday 2 March, 2012

# advertising - Thursday 1 March, 2012

# advertising - Sunday 19 February, 2012

# advertising - Friday 17 February, 2012

# advertising - Monday 6 February, 2012

# advertising - Saturday 4 February, 2012

# advertising - Friday 3 February, 2012

# advertising - Thursday 26 January, 2012

# advertising - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

# advertising - Friday 30 December, 2011

# advertising - Saturday 17 December, 2011

# advertising - Saturday 3 December, 2011

# advertising - Friday 25 November, 2011

# advertising - Wednesday 23 November, 2011

# advertising - Sunday 13 November, 2011

# advertising - Friday 11 November, 2011

Dublin Weather

Most Popular

Most Commented

Follow us

News in Photos

News in Video

Most Popular Today

Trending Tags

About Us

Follow Us

Corrections

Policies

Blow the whistle or share a story

Please log in to comment

Please log in

RSS feeds available here:

Report an error, omission or problem:

Create Email Alert

TheJournal.ie Facebook Edition