Thursday, August 06, 2009

Glenn Beck Loses Two Advertisers

As you probably already know, Beck made himself a laughingstock by calling Obama a racist. Now 2 companies have shifted their advertising away from Beck's show. Fox isn't losing any money, though, because the companies merely redirected their ad dollars toward other Fox shows. But it's a start. Glenn Beck shouldn't have any advertisers.
Three companies who had run ads during Glenn Beck's Fox News show have distanced themselves from Beck, including LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance. We're told a P&G spot inadvertently aired during a weekend Beck broadcast, but that the company never had a regular buy for the show. read more at TV Newser