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10th September 2016
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Clear Channel, Exterion and JCDecaux see it differently and feel that the ad is offensive to their workers and implies that their work is sloppy. Commercial director of JCDecaux Pat Mannion commented on the ads saying, “Unfortunately, I don’t think it reflects our industry in a very favourable light and I wouldn’t be happy for this design to run on JCDecaux billboards.”Saw this @Griffithcollege billboard earlier & it made me think, love what you do. Going to finally make a new video. pic.twitter.com/ZVKd0mc42S
— Stephen Byrne (@stephenbyrne) September 6, 2016
.@griffithcollege Very controversial poster!!! Touch of the @Ryanair #Gorillamarketing there! ? it. https://t.co/uJkCL4bYLg — Rhona OConnor (@rhona_o) September 10, 2016His sentiment was echoed in a comment from Chief operations officer at Clear Channel Declan O’Carroll. Again, according to The Journal, the Association of Advertisers in Ireland agree with the agencies’ decision to refuse the ads. “It would denigrate their business. It could easily come across as a mistake in the posting of the creativity resulting in unnecessary criticism of the industry.”
“Whilst it is a nice idea, I don’t think that the advertiser and/or agency thought it through and planned for these consequences – maybe they should have approached the outdoor people in advance to see if they were comfortable with it before incurring the production costs,” said CEO Barry Dooley. What do you think of the ads message?Our Griffith College campaign was refused by #OOH providers. What do you think? https://t.co/BAodGsGZW6 #advertising pic.twitter.com/MnH5WoxQ80
— ZenithOptimedia (@zenithireland) September 10, 2016
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