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Heineken's John Smith's mixes up its Grand National boozing messages

Heineken’s John Smith’s mixes up its Grand National boozing messages

By Stephen Foster on April 12, 2012

Heineken-owned John Smith’s is a running a campaign by Aesop, supposedly advising racegoers not to get drunk and disorderly at this weekend’s Grand National race meeting at Aintree in Liverpool, which it sponsors. But it all looks a bit half-hearted given that this TV ad, also by Aesop, is also running; indicating the delights of [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News, PR | Tagged aesop, anti-boozing campaign, bookies, grand national, horse racing, john smith's, john smith's heineken, tic tac, tv ad

Rebekah Brooks is arrested for the second time in phone hacking scandal

Rebekah Brooks is arrested for the second time in phone hacking scandal

By Stephen Foster on March 13, 2012

Rebekah Brooks (pictured) and her former racehorse trainer husband Charlie have been arrested as part of Scotland Yard’s Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking – the second time for Rebekah, this time on suspicion of ‘perverting the course of justice.’ Today is the first day of National Hunt racing’s Cheltenham Festival, which the horsey couple [...]

Posted in Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Adam Boulton, arrests, Barack Obama, BBC, charges, Charlie Brooks, Cheltenham Festival, Clive Goodman, David Cameron, Glenn Mulcaire, horse racing, Jame Murdoch, News International, news of the world, Nick Robinson, operation elveden, operation weeting, payments to police, police horse, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch, sky

What a pants idea - ads on jockeys' bottoms

What a pants idea – ads on jockeys’ bottoms

By Stephen Foster on June 9, 2010

But it might be coming to a racecourse near you, the horse racing panjandrums in Kentucky, home of the famous Derby, have just approved new regulations allowing sponsors to place their logos (and doubtless other messages besides in due course) on jockeys’ be-jodpured bottoms. One presumes this applies to ladies’ races too. This is all [...]

Posted in Media, News | Tagged horse racing, jockey bottom ads

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