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Chuck0
Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
>
> FT blocks page three nude ad
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_243124.html?menu=news.quirkies
>
> The Financial Times has blocked a page three advert
> for a bank featuring a topless model.
>
> A firm called the Bank booked the page - then
> submitted the risque advert.
>
> The paper refused to accept the advert that was due to
> appear today.
>
> The advert featured a topless woman with the words:
> "The art of selling in a bare market."
>
> Stuart Bradbury, business development manager of the
> Bank, described the advert as 'tasteful' and
> criticised the paper for setting itself up as a moral
> arbiter.
>
> An FT spokeswoman confirmed the paper had banned the
> advert - and said the Bank's submission of a topless
> woman was a publicity stunt.
>
> She told Ananova: "We have a page three in the FT
> every single day - but it's not the same page three as
> we all know and love in other papers."
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_243124.html?menu=news.quirkies
>
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