Blair Government Already Moving to Regulate Advertising of Olympics

Although the International Olympic Committee only announced London as the site for the 2012 Summer Games yesterday, Tony Blair’s government is already acting to regulate commercial advertising of the Games. A bill due to be introduced shortly will ban advertising unless officially recognized sponsors originate it. See coverage here. Paul Kelso’s May 18, 2005 article further analyzes the bill here.

Discussion (and opposition to) this bill began a few weeks ago, when it became increasingly clear that London had a fair chance, under Lord Coe’s leadership, to take the games. See some pointed commentary from the “Mayor of London blog” (not associated with the government) here.