Zut alors! Mrs Baldwin where are you? OAA news!

[onebatmother]

here!

Bloody hell!
What a fantastic letter!
We should all write to them!

Oh where ARE you all?

Do you all already know?

Crikey!

woohoo!

Oh that's VERY interesting....

Thanks for pointing it out onebat.

lol at title and longmans french in it
i am proud of you

Marvellous news.

Their press release is SPOT ON. Absolutely fecking spot-on.

I just emailed them to thank them.

At least I think it's them.

hahahaha, that's hilarious. talk about grabbing an opportunity.

i would like to inform John and Laura that i ALWAYS read the advertising in taxis. (it's true, i do. but then i'd read the back of a cereal packet, i'm all about the print).

It's unspinnable which is what is so gratifying. Oh well done all of you.

though reading more closely not entirely sure about 'females'..

ah well, it's the thought that counts.

Wow! Fantastic!

Thanks for the link!

D'you think we're going to see a rash of PRO-working-mother adverts? Have already seen one, on Southeastern Trains's website

This is completely great!

Who are Transport Media? Is there any sense in which they gain by OAA's loss? I mean, are they in the same business as rivals or as complementary companies with different roles?

Not that that matters, it is great either way.

That's great! At least I think it is. TBH, my head is exploding trying to figure out who is who in this sorry saga. A media company cancelling a contract with an advertising agency because of advertising about advertising? Is that right?

Blimey - that is just brilliant. MrsBaldwin should be here making bows and being showered with flowers .

lol midnight.

Perhaps the industry will spiral into an infinitely small point within its own bottom and we will be freeeee.

Bloody well done Transport Media and I am rolling out the red carpet for Mrs Baldwin.

I think Transport Media are the people who place ads on buses/tubes/taxis/trains. So Beta buy space from TM on behalf of their clients.

Fantastic. I'm glad, too, that it's coming from elsewhere and not just MN.

Perhaps Garry et al will really get the message now?

How are we doing with those posters being removed, by the way? I've hardly been out of the house recently so have no idea what's happening in the outside world!

It sounds like Transport Media would be a member of OAA and that OAA would be an trade body set up to aid its members. Which suggests TM's decision was simply a principled one, not one that aided them by harming OAA?

Wow.
I'm a bit confused about who's who now too. I guess transport media are the ones with the advertising space.
It really seems we did the right thing in not getting too involved with them and giving them slogans and MN logo etc.

That's v true, paisley. It would look very bad now if there had been a different outcome to Beta's request on here.

bump for MrsB