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		<title>Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Silverman among stars in ads for YouTube comedy week</title>
		<link>http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/05/16/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-sarah-silverman-among-stars-in-ads-for-youtube-comedy-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Samberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube Comedy Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/ArnoldSchwarzeneggerYouTube.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-825" title=" Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Silverman among stars in ads for YouTube comedy week" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/ArnoldSchwarzeneggerYouTube-300x200.jpg" alt=" Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Silverman among stars in ads for YouTube comedy week" width="300" height="200" /></a><a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1181192/UK-comedy-talent-joins-YouTubes-first-comedy-week/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH">YouTube&#8217;s first comedy week</a> is shaping up to be a major event and it is being backed by a string of ads including a spot with Arnold Schwarzenegger.</p>
<p>The movie star takes a moment or two to remind the world that he is a &#8220;a big fan of comedy&#8221; as we get a few &#8216;Terminator&#8217; moments and an encounter with a group doing the Harlem Shake.<span id="more-824"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/05/16/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-sarah-silverman-among-stars-in-ads-for-youtube-comedy-week/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/ArnoldSchwarzeneggerYouTube.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-825" title=" Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Silverman among stars in ads for YouTube comedy week" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/ArnoldSchwarzeneggerYouTube-300x200.jpg" alt=" Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Silverman among stars in ads for YouTube comedy week" width="300" height="200" /></a><a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1181192/UK-comedy-talent-joins-YouTubes-first-comedy-week/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH">YouTube&#8217;s first comedy week</a> is shaping up to be a major event and it is being backed by a string of ads including a spot with Arnold Schwarzenegger.</p>
<p>The movie star takes a moment or two to remind the world that he is a &#8220;a big fan of comedy&#8221; as we get a few &#8216;Terminator&#8217; moments and an encounter with a group doing the Harlem Shake.<span id="more-824"></span></p>
<p>Also featured are Andy Samberg, The Lonely Island, Sarah Silverman and Rainn Wilson in others promotional spots for YouTube comedy week that we also know will include <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1182141/Ricky-Gervais-returns-David-Brent-YouTubes-Comedy-Week/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH">Ricky Gervais returning with David Brent</a>. Check them out below.</p>
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<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sHLAXEUCdiQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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		<title>Old Spice guy returns as US president in Israeli beer ad</title>
		<link>http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/05/07/old-spice-guy-returns-as-us-president-in-israeli-beer-ad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MustafaMaccabee.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-819" title="MustafaMaccabee" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MustafaMaccabee-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Old Spice guy, aka Isaiah Mustafa, is back on the small screen in an ad for Maccabee Beer, Israel&#8217;s leading beer brand.</p>
<p>In the ad Mustafa appears on a TV screen in a bar addressing a young man who when offered a Maccabee Beer by the barmaid says he doesn&#8217;t like the taste. <span id="more-818"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/05/07/old-spice-guy-returns-as-us-president-in-israeli-beer-ad/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MustafaMaccabee.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-819" title="MustafaMaccabee" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MustafaMaccabee-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Old Spice guy, aka Isaiah Mustafa, is back on the small screen in an ad for Maccabee Beer, Israel&#8217;s leading beer brand.</p>
<p>In the ad Mustafa appears on a TV screen in a bar addressing a young man who when offered a Maccabee Beer by the barmaid says he doesn&#8217;t like the taste. <span id="more-818"></span></p>
<p>Mustafa appears on the screen from the White House Oval office in what looks like an official address from the US president asking the man what &#8220;does he know about taste?&#8221;</p>
<p>The ad then cuts to scenes around the world as people huddle around their TV screens to listen to president Mustafa&#8217;s address.</p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/95b1zk3qhSM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>The ad has already gone viral in  Israel with more than 735,000 views.</p>
<p>The ad was created by Allenby Concept House.</p>
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		<title>Peta accused of killings thousands of animals at its HQ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA['N Sync]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Silverstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyssa Milano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlize Theron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eva Mendes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/lancebass.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-813" title="Former 'N Sync singer lance bass in Peta ad" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/lancebass-300x227.jpg" alt="Former 'N Sync singer lance bass in Peta ad" width="300" height="227" /></a>This is something that they don&#8217;t put in the ads. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) been accused of killing almost 30,000 animals in the last 11 years.</p>
<p>According to a blog on the Huffington Post, around 2,000 animals pass through PETA&#8217;s front door every year and very few make it out alive.<span id="more-812"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/04/03/peta-accused-of-killings-thousands-of-animals-at-its-hq/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/lancebass.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-813" title="Former 'N Sync singer lance bass in Peta ad" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/lancebass-300x227.jpg" alt="Former 'N Sync singer lance bass in Peta ad" width="300" height="227" /></a>This is something that they don&#8217;t put in the ads. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) been accused of killing almost 30,000 animals in the last 11 years.</p>
<p>According to a blog on the Huffington Post, around 2,000 animals pass through PETA&#8217;s front door every year and very few make it out alive.<span id="more-812"></span></p>
<p>The report does at first seem incredibly difficult to believe, but the evidence is quite compelling.</p>
<p>Huffpo says that 96% of these animals are killed and removed by a pet cremation firm.  The post says that in between visits from the cremation firm dead animals are stored in a giant $10,000 walk-in freezer that PETA installed for the very purpose of storing animals killed on its premises.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Most animal lovers find this hard to believe. But seeing is believing. And if it is true that a picture speaks a thousand words, the following images speak volumes about who and what PETA really stands for.</em></p>
<p><em>The PETA headquarters is on the aptly named Front Street. While claiming to be an animal rights organization, PETA does not believe animals have a right to live. Instead, it believes that people have a right to kill them, as long as the killing is done &#8220;humanely,&#8221; which PETA interprets to mean poisoning them with an overdose of barbiturates, <a href="http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=8765" target="_hplink">even if the animals are not suffering</a>. In <a href="http://www.vi.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin/Vdacs_search.cgi?link_select=facility&amp;form=fac_select&amp;fac_num=157&amp;year=2012" target="_hplink">2012</a>, 733 dogs entered this building. They killed 602 of them. Only 12 were adopted. Also in 2012, they impounded 1,110 cats. 1,045 were put to death. Seven of them were adopted. They also took in 34 other companion animals, such as rabbits, of which 28 were put to death. Only four were adopted, according to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/peta-kills-puppies-kittens_b_2979220.html" target="_blank">the Huffington Post. </a></em></p></blockquote>
<p>The post goes onto claim that when police investigated a supermarket dumpster full of garbage bags they found the bodies of dead animals killed by PETA inside.</p>
<p>A vet who gave some of the animals to PETA claims that the were &#8220;healthy&#8221; and &#8220;adoptable&#8221; when the animal charity took them in.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A mother cat and her two kittens, all perfectly healthy and adoptable and none in danger of being killed until they were given to PETA by a veterinarian who was trying to find them homes and was told by PETA employees that they would have no problem adopting them out. After PETA lied to him and the mother and her kittens were entrusted to their care, they reportedly killed them, within minutes, in the back of a van.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The story looks like really bad news for PETA and could turn off some of its high profile supporters who have featured in ads for the campaigning group.</p>
<p>Some of those include Alicia Silverstone, Pamela Anderson, Eva Mendes, Charlize Theron, Alyssa Milano, Justin Bieber, Sir Roger Moore, Paul McCartney, and former &#8216;N Sync singer Lance Bass who has posed in ads promoting pet adoption.</p>
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		<title>The FT celebrates 125 years with special cover</title>
		<link>http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/02/13/the-ft-celebrates-125-years-with-special-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Financial Times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/FT125.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-807" title="FINANCIAL TIMES CELEBRATES 125TH ANNIVERSARY" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/FT125-187x300.jpg" alt="FINANCIAL TIMES CELEBRATES 125TH ANNIVERSARY" width="187" height="300" /></a>The <a href="http://wallblog.co.uk/2013/02/11/the-financial-times-news-news-in-the-newspaper/" target="_blank">Financial Times is going through some digital changes</a> of late, and speculation continues about its future ownership, but none of that stops the paper celebrating its 125th anniversary today with a special cover. Today the paper has reproduced its original masthead in print and online along with a four-page pull-out section that reprints a selection of the best front pages and key moments in the FT’s history.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/FT125.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-807" title="FINANCIAL TIMES CELEBRATES 125TH ANNIVERSARY" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/FT125-187x300.jpg" alt="FINANCIAL TIMES CELEBRATES 125TH ANNIVERSARY" width="187" height="300" /></a>The <a href="http://wallblog.co.uk/2013/02/11/the-financial-times-news-news-in-the-newspaper/" target="_blank">Financial Times is going through some digital changes</a> of late, and speculation continues about its future ownership, but none of that stops the paper celebrating its 125th anniversary today with a special cover. Today the paper has reproduced its original masthead in print and online along with a four-page pull-out section that reprints a selection of the best front pages and key moments in the FT’s history.</p>
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<p>FT CEO John Ridding, said: “Since 1888, the FT has grown to become the world&#8217;s most authoritative source of global business and political news, providing a trusted guide to international affairs, and we are now read by more people than ever before.</p>
<p>&#8220;During our 125 year history, much has changed, especially with the digital disruption of recent years. But there are some crucial constants &#8211; the quality of our journalism and the innovation we have brought to bear in adapting to the changing demands of our readers and in creating a dynamic multi-channel business.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>125 years of the FT on Vine. <a title="http://vine.co/v/bvVVZ39TiTQ" href="http://t.co/BKSp643y">vine.co/v/bvVVZ39TiTQ</a></p>
<p>— Gordon MacMillan (@GordonMacMillan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonMacMillan/status/301619431178637312">February 13, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>FT editor Lionel Barber said, “The Financial Times has been the gold standard in business and financial journalism for 125 years and we intend to do the same for the next 125.”</p>
<p>The paper today features a special <a title="blocked::http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fce6e6e-711c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html#axzz2KlXTJmcy" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fce6e6e-711c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html#axzz2KlXTJmcy" target="_blank">anniversary feature</a>, written by Barber, and <a title="blocked::http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6add8da0-7468-11e2-80a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2KlXTJmcy" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6add8da0-7468-11e2-80a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2KlXTJmcy" target="_blank">commentary</a> written by Lord Lawson, will also be published today.</p>
<p>On 14 March the FT and Penguin will publish <em>Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews</em> in hardback and <a title="blocked::http://www.ft.com/lunchbook" href="http://www.ft.com/lunchbook" target="_blank">ebook</a> format, edited by Barber. The book features a collection of memorable lunches with prominent personalities ranging from Angela Merkel and Jeff Bezos to Michael Caine and Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, plus many more encounters selected from the iconic feature in FT Weekend.</p>
<p>To mark the occasion, the FT is offering a special anniversary deal of $125/£125/€125 for a one-year standard FT.com subscription, valid for new subscribers only and available to purchase on 13 February at ft.com/125.</p>
<p>A global marketing campaign will include a new print and online creative by adam&amp;eveDDB. The campaign features an image of a rolled up Financial Times newspaper and includes the tagline, ‘Still guiding the way for global business’. The campaign will appear in selected print and digital titles as well as on digital outdoor screens in London.</p>
<p>Over the course of the year FT 125 and FT tablet app shaped hot air balloons will fly over global financial hubs and the FT’s headquarters in London will be lit pink to commemorate the milestone.</p>
<p>Online there is an anniversary <a title="blocked::http://www.ft.com/125" href="http://www.ft.com/125" target="_blank">hub</a>, which includes a history timeline, gathering the FT&#8217;s anniversary content throughout the year. For more information about the FT’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary, including special features and photos, visit <a title="blocked::http://www.ft.com/125" href="http://www.ft.com/125" target="_blank">ft.com/125</a>, follow #FT125 on Twitter or see its <a title="blocked::http://financialtimes.tumblr.com/" href="http://financialtimes.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a> page.</p>
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		<title>The Independent to become seven day operation with job cuts expected</title>
		<link>http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/02/12/the-independent-to-become-seven-day-operation-as-20-jobs-lost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/TheINdependent.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-799" title="The Independent is to become a seven day operation " src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/TheINdependent-230x300.jpg" alt="The Independent is to become a seven day operation " width="230" height="300" /></a>The Independent is to become a seven day operation under editor Chris Blackhurst. The restructure means that Independent on Sunday editor, John Mullins, will leave the company and there are unconfirmed reports that there will also be as many as 20 job cuts. The jobs cuts have not been confirmed and the Independent says it will be consulting staff and says it wants to minimise any compulsory redundancies.</p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/02/12/the-independent-to-become-seven-day-operation-as-20-jobs-lost/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/TheINdependent.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-799" title="The Independent is to become a seven day operation " src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/TheINdependent-230x300.jpg" alt="The Independent is to become a seven day operation " width="230" height="300" /></a>The Independent is to become a seven day operation under editor Chris Blackhurst. The restructure means that Independent on Sunday editor, John Mullins, will leave the company and there are unconfirmed reports that there will also be as many as 20 job cuts. The jobs cuts have not been confirmed and the Independent says it will be consulting staff and says it wants to minimise any compulsory redundancies.</p>
<p>The changes were announced today in a memo to staff. The restructure will also see the Independent and the Evening Standard, both of which are owned by Alexander Lebedev, share a newsroom that will include a TV studio. See the full memo to staff below.</p>
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<p>The news follows <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1162259/Lebedev-seeks-investor-Independent-titles/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH" target="_blank">reports that Lebedev was on the hunt for a minority partner to help fund the Independent titles</a>.</p>
<p>Lebedev purchased The Independent and the Independent on Sunday for £1 two-and-a-half years ago.</span></p>
<p>The titles – which are registered in the name of Lebedev&#8217;s son Evgeny – are forecast to make losses of around £14m in the forthcoming year. The size of the loss has been reduced due to recent cost-cutting and improved management of the titles.</p>
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		<title>Michael Winner&#8217;s finest marketing hour</title>
		<link>http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/01/21/michael-winners-finest-marketing-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Polly Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p id="story_continues_1"><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MichaelWinner.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-789" title="Film director Michael Winner has died aged 77" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MichaelWinner-191x300.jpg" alt="Film director Michael Winner has died aged 77" width="191" height="300" /></a>Film director, and unlikely brand spokesman, Michael Winner has died, aged 77. He was best known for directing the Charles Bronson film &#8216;Death Wish&#8217; in 1974 and its later sequels,  but he became a star of the small screen in his later career when he starred in a series of ads for insurance brand eSure.</p>
<p>He was also well know for his journalism and his caustic &#8217;Winner&#8217;s Dinners&#8217; restaurant reviews that he wrote for The Sunday Times.<span id="more-788"></span></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="story_continues_1"><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MichaelWinner.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-789" title="Film director Michael Winner has died aged 77" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/MichaelWinner-191x300.jpg" alt="Film director Michael Winner has died aged 77" width="191" height="300" /></a>Film director, and unlikely brand spokesman, Michael Winner has died, aged 77. He was best known for directing the Charles Bronson film &#8216;Death Wish&#8217; in 1974 and its later sequels,  but he became a star of the small screen in his later career when he starred in a series of ads for insurance brand eSure.</p>
<p>He was also well know for his journalism and his caustic &#8217;Winner&#8217;s Dinners&#8217; restaurant reviews that he wrote for The Sunday Times.<span id="more-788"></span></p>
<p>As well as starring in the eSure ads he also directed them. They were famous for the  line that Winner uttered &#8220;calm, down dear!&#8221;, which became a national catchphrase.</p>
<p>He starred in the ads from 2002 until he was dropped in 2005 when the insurer&#8217;s advertising was taken in-house.</p>
<p>Winner famously hit out at the ad industry during his time with eSure and said it had<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/224962/Winner-says-ad-industry-its-head-its-own-arse/?HAYILC=RELATED" target="_blank"> &#8221;its head so far up its own arse that it has to open its mouth to see out&#8221;.</a></p>
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		<title>NRA calls Obama elitist hypocrite as it goes on offensive in ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/NRAObamaad.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-784" title="NRAObamaad" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/NRAObamaad-300x193.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="193" /></a>The day before President Barack Obama unveiled proposals for gun-control to ensure the safety of children in the US the NRA has released an ad on its website calling the president an elitist hypocrite.  The ad focuses on the NRA proposal to put armed guards in US schools in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown Connecticut.<span id="more-783"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/01/17/nra-calls-obama-elitist-hypocrite-as-it-goes-on-offensive-in-ad/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/NRAObamaad.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-784" title="NRAObamaad" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/NRAObamaad-300x193.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="193" /></a>The day before President Barack Obama unveiled proposals for gun-control to ensure the safety of children in the US the NRA has released an ad on its website calling the president an elitist hypocrite.  The ad focuses on the NRA proposal to put armed guards in US schools in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown Connecticut.<span id="more-783"></span></p>
<p>NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/15/nra-obama-ad/" target="_blank">told The Washington Post</a>, &#8220;The president and his family enjoy 24-hour-security from law enforcement at taxpayer expense, and this ad asks very real questions: If it&#8217;s good enough for the president, why shouldn&#8217;t it be good enough for the rest for us?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Times reader Hugh Grant stars in new Guardian ad as &#8220;long time reader&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/hughgranttimes.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-766" title="hugh grant &#34;long time guardian reader&#34; spotted with the times" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/hughgranttimes-254x300.jpg" alt="hugh grant &#34;long time guardian reader&#34; spotted with the times" width="254" height="300" /></a>Great work by The Guardian in getting Hugh Grant to star in its new tongue-in-cheek ad as part of its &#8216;Own the Weekend&#8217; campaign as <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1166352/guardian-unveils-blockbuster-spoof-starring-hugh-grant/" target="_blank">reported by Campaign yesterday</a>. In the three-minute spot, which has launched online first, before heading naturally enough to cinema and the big screen, Grant tells us he is a &#8220;long time Guardian reader&#8221;. Maybe he is, but we also know that the star of &#8216;Notting Hill&#8217; likes to sample the competition as well as you can see in this picture here.</p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/01/11/times-reader-hugh-grant-stars-in-new-guardian-ad-as-long-time-reader/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/hughgranttimes.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-766" title="hugh grant &quot;long time guardian reader&quot; spotted with the times" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/hughgranttimes-254x300.jpg" alt="hugh grant &quot;long time guardian reader&quot; spotted with the times" width="254" height="300" /></a>Great work by The Guardian in getting Hugh Grant to star in its new tongue-in-cheek ad as part of its &#8216;Own the Weekend&#8217; campaign as <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1166352/guardian-unveils-blockbuster-spoof-starring-hugh-grant/" target="_blank">reported by Campaign yesterday</a>. In the three-minute spot, which has launched online first, before heading naturally enough to cinema and the big screen, Grant tells us he is a &#8220;long time Guardian reader&#8221;. Maybe he is, but we also know that the star of &#8216;Notting Hill&#8217; likes to sample the competition as well as you can see in this picture here.</p>
<p>Is that Grant carrying a rival newspaper? He must have The Guardian delivered. Grant has, of course, of late been very much in the news not for his film work, but for the<a href="http://hackinginquiry.org/" target="_blank"> Hacked Off</a> campaign and its efforts to highlight phone hacking by national newspapers.<span id="more-765"></span></p>
<p>The new spot might not quite be in <a href="http://wallblog.co.uk/2012/03/02/print-is-a-footnote-as-guardian-puts-digital-first-in-three-little-pigs/" target="_blank">the same league as &#8216;Three Little Pigs&#8217;</a>, but the ad, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, is well worth your time.</p>
<p>The spot also highlights the launch of Cook, the Guardian&#8217;s new 16-page food and drink supplement. Cook will come free with every Saturday Guardian and will also feature in the Guardian and Observer iPad edition and Guardian Kindle edition.</p>
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		<title>Mayor Bloomberg launches hard hitting gun control ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/RoxannegreenAd.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-763" title="Mother of Tucson Shooting Victim Stars in Bloomberg's New Gun-Control Ad Follow-up to star-studded PSA" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/RoxannegreenAd-300x168.jpg" alt="Mother of Tucson Shooting Victim Stars in Bloomberg's New Gun-Control Ad Follow-up to star-studded PSA" width="300" height="168" /></a>In the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, New York City mayor, Mike Bloomberg, pulls no punches in his on going  national gun law initiative. The campaign has launched a new ad featuring Roxanna Green whose 9-year-old daughter was shot and killed in the Tucson Arizona shootings in 2011.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/RoxannegreenAd.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-763" title="Mother of Tucson Shooting Victim Stars in Bloomberg's New Gun-Control Ad Follow-up to star-studded PSA" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/RoxannegreenAd-300x168.jpg" alt="Mother of Tucson Shooting Victim Stars in Bloomberg's New Gun-Control Ad Follow-up to star-studded PSA" width="300" height="168" /></a>In the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, New York City mayor, Mike Bloomberg, pulls no punches in his on going  national gun law initiative. The campaign has launched a new ad featuring Roxanna Green whose 9-year-old daughter was shot and killed in the Tucson Arizona shootings in 2011.</p>
<p>Green lost her daughter in the same shooting that claimed five other lives and which nearly claimed the life of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords during a public meeting held in a supermarket parking lot.<span id="more-762"></span></p>
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<p>Below you can also see a star studded recent spot from Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund, which has racked up more than 6.5 million views on YouTube. The ad features Jamie Foxx, Beyonce, Sarah Silverman, Chris Rock, Steve Carell and Gwyneth Paltrow all asking people to “do something”.</p>
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		<title>Daily Mail boss tops GQ&#8217;s list of Most Influential Media Men in Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@gordonmacmillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/GQFeb2013.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-750" title="GQFeb2013" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/GQFeb2013-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>While Boris Johnson, riding on the tails of London&#8217;s Olympic glory, has taken the top spot in GQ&#8217;s 100 Most Influential Men in Britain in <a href="http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/magazine" target="_blank">its February issue</a> the media figures include bloggers, newspaper owners and columnists. The top media figure is Daily Mail owner Johnathan Harmsworth with indications that he is taking a more hands on approach to the business following the appointment of Geordie Greig at the Mail on Sunday last year.</p>
<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/2013/01/07/daily-mail-boss-tops-gqs-list-of-most-influential-media-men-in-britain/" class="more-link">Read more &#187;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/GQFeb2013.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-750" title="GQFeb2013" src="http://brnewsblog.brandrepublic.com/files/GQFeb2013-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>While Boris Johnson, riding on the tails of London&#8217;s Olympic glory, has taken the top spot in GQ&#8217;s 100 Most Influential Men in Britain in <a href="http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/magazine" target="_blank">its February issue</a> the media figures include bloggers, newspaper owners and columnists. The top media figure is Daily Mail owner Johnathan Harmsworth with indications that he is taking a more hands on approach to the business following the appointment of Geordie Greig at the Mail on Sunday last year.</p>
<p>The Mail scores very well in the list with Harmsworth joined by Mail Online editor, Martin Clarke, and Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre.</p>
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<p>Harmsworth is at seven in the overall list with Lord Justice Leveson and Robert Jay QC just behind at joint eighth whose effect GQ says was &#8220;devastating&#8221; and together they have probably changed the way the British press operates forever.</p>
<p>The 21 media figures in the list of 100 include those from WPP, BSkyB, The Sun, The Times and BSkyB.</p>
<p>1. Johnathan Harmsworth (7), 4<sup>th</sup> Viscount Rothermere and chairman of Associated Newspapers and chairman of the Daily Mail.</p>
<p>2. Lord Justice Leveson and Robert Jay (8), presiding judge and lead counsel for the Leveson Inquiry.</p>
<p>3. Martin Clarke (11), editor of the Mail Online. The digital juggernaut that in November recorded its best ever month for <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1165101/" target="_blank">traffic figures as it passed more than 112 million unique browsers</a>. As the editor of the world&#8217;s biggest online newspaper he is seen a potential future editor of the Daily Mail and successor to Paul Dacre who is 77 in GQ&#8217;s list.</p>
<p>4. Lionel Barber (13), editor of the Financial Times. The paper has made a great move to digital and one that continues to make it pay. His next challenge could be involvement in the sale of the paper from Pearson.</p>
<p>5. Danny Finkelstein (17), the executive editor of The Times. Nicknamed &#8220;the fink&#8221; he is described as one of the best connected journalists in politics and nothing happens at The Time without his input.</p>
<p>6. Owen Jones (21), author of &#8216;Chavs the demonisation of the working class&#8217;, and Labour lefty the Independent newspaper columnist is a Twitter favourite with some.</p>
<p>7. Tony Hall (22), the incoming director general of the BBC. The chief executive of the Royal Opera House and a former director of BBC News, was been named director general at the end of last year having failed to get the job in 1999.</p>
<p>8. Adam Crozier, CEO of ITV. The former ad man continues to see the cash roll in from the X Factor and Britain&#8217;s got Talent.</p>
<p>9. Tony Gallagher (35) editor of The Daily Telegraph. Gallagher continues to steer Britain&#8217;s top selling broadsheet newspaper to circulation and profit success. The paper made £55.7m last year.</p>
<p>10. Dominic Mohan (43), editor of The Sun. The paper has had a rough year, but it is still the country&#8217;s biggest selling newspaper.</p>
<p>11. Jeremy Darroch (50), chief executive of BSkyB. Last year he told Sky over 10 million subscribers and its sponsorship of British cycling with Team Sky was perfectly timed for Olympic glory.</p>
<p>12. Sir Martin Sorrell (52), chief executive of WPP Group. He might not be popular with all WPP&#8217;s shareholders (that issue of his £12.4m salary), but he is the world&#8217;s most powerful ad man.</p>
<p>13. Ian Hislop (56), editor of Private Eye. After more than 26 years at Private Eye the satirical magazine is in rude health and hit is highest circulation for a quarter of a century (225,000).</p>
<p>14. Paul Staines and Harry Cole (59), editor and news editor of Guido Fawkes blog. The blog and the duo go from strength to strength.</p>
<p>15. Martin Wolf (63), associate editor and chief economic commentator of the Financial Times. The lone voice of Keynes-style economics in Britaina nd many are turning to him as the recovery fails to materialise.</p>
<p>16. David Allen Green (70), legal correspondent at the New Statesman and Jack of Kent blogger. Best known last year for winning for the defence what became known as the <a href="http://wallblog.co.uk/tag/twitterjoketrial/">&#8220;Twitter joke trial&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>17. Paul Dacre (77), editor of the Daily Mail. A strong performance at Leveson, but increasingly looking over his shoulder at Mail Online editor, Martin Clarke, and Greig at the Mail on Sunday.</p>
<p>18. Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev, owners of the London Evening Standard, the Independent and <em>i.  </em>The Standard remains a free powerhouse and even made a modest profit last year. Next challenge to find an investor to share the burden of print.</p>
<p>19. Richard Desmond (99), founder of Northern &amp; Shell and owner of Express Newspapers. His papers, including the Daily Star, continue to do well and Channel 5 is apparently <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/article/1165639/channel-5-terrestrial-channel-boost-ad-impacts-among-prized-audiences/">scoring well with younger audiences</a>. Last year he took the unexpected high moral stance of threatening to close the Irish Daily Star after it published those <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1161425/">pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge</a>.</p>
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