Here is the list of all the ad spots run on WABC, the Limbaugh flagship station, today, 3-9-12.
There are 3 paid ads, including a Netflix spot which Netflix is blaming on their marketing company.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203090011
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thanks for keeping us informed.
Man are you alright? I believe you might be stuck in Limbaugh mode. You might need to get on with another subject before you get "Burn-in".
Man are you alright? I believe you might be stuck in Limbaugh mode. You might need to get on with another subject before you get "Burn-in".
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seeweed posts often on this subject because it is so fast moving, with more and yet more sponsors bailing out every day. It is a regular ADVERLANCHE! Thanks, seeweed, for keeping us posted.
In an effort to keep those Inquiring Minds Informed, on such a fast moving subject, and to prove Bestworking was right when she stated the advertisers need Rush More than Rush needed then.
Photo Credit: Robert Huffstutter (Creative Commons)
Carbonite CEO David Friend, is driving the company into the ground. The last straw is letting his political bias (he is a $4000 supporter of Barack Obama) cause him to decide to take his ads off The Rush Limbaugh Show.
There is little irony that those who believe in politically correct speech desire to curtail freedom of speech and expression for the rest of us. As this article will show, Americans are becoming sick of their game and have begun to fight back.
On Saturday, Friend released a statement on his company’s website declaring that Carbonite had decided to “withdraw” advertising from Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in the wake of his controversial remarks involving Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke because it will “ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.”
“Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will drive home the point.”
Advertising on Rush Limbaugh made Carbonite a profitable company. The large percentage of stockholders are conservative, and many are Rush listeners. A large number of investors dumped their positions in Carbonite on Monday; Carbonite stock (NASDAQ: CARB) has plummeted nearly 12 percent, outpacing the drop of the NASDAQ index in that same time period by nine-and-a-half points. It was also one of the biggest decliners on the NASDAQ on Tuesday.
The stock closed unchanged yesterday, for the 12% drop resulted in a $24.41 million loss in market value. Will the shareholders kick David Friend to the curb in the near future?
While The Daily Caller suggests that Rush has lost 28 sponsors, he laughed in a recently penned article today in the LA Times saying, “The loss of ads amounts to a couple of French Fries.”
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it; I’m J.C. and I approve this message.
Carbonite has been on a steady decline since they started advertising on Limbaugh.
Carbonite has been on a steady decline since they started advertising on Limbaugh.
You mean the "Carbonite" whose CEO is David Friend? The following is an excerpt...
...one of the advertisers that leapt before it looked is Carbonite. Before turning the spotlight on itself, all that we knew is that it was one of those companies that provides backup for computers. But by jumping into the brouhaha, it led some of us to discover that its president is a guy named David Friend, who’s been a generous contributor, it turns out, to the presidential campaigns of Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama, as well as to George Soros’ MoveOn.org.
Whole article here...
THe sole tech company left as a Limbaugh advertiser, Lifelock has a particularly sketchy history.
In 2009 the company was found guilty of defrauding customers and Experian by keeping their credit information in a state of constant "fraud alert."[3]
Former LifeLock CEO Todd Davis was the victim of identity theft 13 times during 2007 and 2008, after he "publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and in TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services".[4]
Robert J. Maynard, Jr., company co-founder, resigned in June 2007 amid allegations that he had stolen his father's identity and ran up $150,000 in American Express bills.[5]
In March 2010 LifeLock was fined $12 million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), "to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of a truck."[6][7]
THe sole tech company left as a Limbaugh advertiser, Lifelock has a particularly sketchy history.
In 2009 the company was found guilty of defrauding customers and Experian by keeping their credit information in a state of constant "fraud alert."[3]
Former LifeLock CEO Todd Davis was the victim of identity theft 13 times during 2007 and 2008, after he "publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and in TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services".[4]
Robert J. Maynard, Jr., company co-founder, resigned in June 2007 amid allegations that he had stolen his father's identity and ran up $150,000 in American Express bills.[5]
In March 2010 LifeLock was fined $12 million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), "to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of a truck."[6][7]
Ironically, they popped up as an ad here on the forum... but then if they busy carrying ObaMao's water you probably wouldn't mention them...
