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Watchout for Pridewash season
June 24, 2019
Like polluting brands that "greenwash" their reputation by embarking on meaningless environmental corporate social responsibility, so we are starting to see Pridewash. These brands have a dodgy track record on LGBT rights, but are now celebrating Pride.
Just who is behind the No Thanks advertising campaign?
September 1, 2014
Whatever your views on the Scottish referendum, it has not been a good one for the marketing industry. While the Yes campaign can be criticised for deploying rent-a-mobs at events and having some very dodgy infographics, the No campaign’s efforts have been far worse. The latest “No” film is sexist and patronising – despite presumably trying to chase […]
When does an advert become editorial?
May 16, 2014
A newspaper's support for UKIP on its front page shows what happens when an advert becomes editorial.
The battle of the opening ceremonies
August 30, 2012
On the surface of the figures, Channel 4 will be delighted that last night’s Paralympic Opening Ceremony attracted the station’s largest audience share since the peak of Big Brother. And today’s blanket front page coverage for the Paralympics (only the Express don’t fully lead with the Opening Ceremony) is a positive sign that the Games […]
Beer, urine and the Australian legacy
August 7, 2012
While retailers have just a matter of days to launch behavioural change communications to bring back Olympic business, there’s plenty of Olympics PR still going on… Nation to watch: The Swiss are spending $4.6m on their London 2012 presence and from Holland’s Heineken House to Russia’s Sochi Park, countries are climbing over themselves to boost […]
More from The Rooftop – news worth shouting about
- Rooftop TV: Episode 7 – Free laptops, blind college challenge, sleep in fundraiser 30/05/2020
- Families raise £10,000 sleeping in for homeless charity 29/05/2020
- Citizens of the World, Reunite! 28/05/2020
- Cambridge community joins forces to support vulnerable residents 27/05/2020
- Blue Hearts campaign celebrates health workers 26/05/2020
- Special effects company supports Devon Air Ambulance 25/05/2020
- Rooftop TV: Episode 6 – The Big Issue, food poverty, mental health awareness 23/05/2020
- Virtual March to Madrid for Blind College 22/05/2020
- Singer serenades neighbours during pandemic 21/05/2020
- Challenge launched to offset fire charity funding decline 20/05/2020
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