No-nips for Playboy on the iPad, Tennent’s sponsorship of Celtic and Rangers takes a novel approach, and clumsy BBC staff lose a quarter of a million pounds worth of computer and mobile equipment. It's thedrum.co.uk's quotes of the week...
"The pictures are OK at best, but don't get it if you're expecting any sort of nudity."
A review of Playboy’s digital edition from Apple’s app store following the magazine’s self-censorship to adhere to the iPad’s no-nudity policy.
“Both books involve a whimsical take on the animal kingdom through the use of drawings and text, which in the case of the latter (Flanimals) is a copy, in form and substance, of the former”
John Savage lodges a writ claiming Ricky Gervais’s book Flanimals is based on his 1998 book Captain Pottie's Wildlife Encyclopaedia.
“This football malarkey could be big!”
Hugh Tennent, subject of Tennent’s lager’s current TV campaign, unveils his unique take on football sponsorship in the most recent ad instalment from the brand.
“Crime prevention is promoted across the BBC, but we are a large public organisation with thousands of visitors every week.”
A BBC spokesperson makes excuses for the 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 BlackBerrys that have went missing from the corporation over the past few years, costing licence payers almost a quarter of a million pounds – the equivalent of 1,656 TV licences.
“As a country I feel we are at a low point and as a brand - England is in the gutter.”
Banana Kick MD Gary McCall looks at what the FA needs to do to restore fans' faith and boost the flagging England team brand.
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