From our Late to the Drinking Party desk
The local dailies were on rare equal footing in the ad department yesterday, as both ran the same full-page Guinness advertisement.
Boston Globe, page 9:
Boston Herald, page 3:
There’s also a companion TV spot that’s a total knockout.
Except it will no longer appear on TV because “U.S. Olympic Committee rules generally ban marketers who are not official sponsors from featuring Olympic competitors . . . This year’s ad blackout runs from Jan. 30 to Feb. 26,” according to The Drum.
Our loss.
Whose gain?
The Five-Ring Circus.
