142 advertisers have bailed on Limbaugh

[JohnWxy]

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/

(all emphases are my own_JohnW)

ThinkProgress has obtained an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks listing 96 national companies that have “specifically asked” their advertisments not be played during the Rush Limbaugh Show. Premiere is the distributor of Limbaugh’s program. The advertisers have also requested to be excluded from other right-wing hosts including Michael Savage, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. According to the memo, the listed companies’ advertisements should be excluded from these programs because they have been “deemed to be offensive.”

The existence of the memo was first reported over the weekend by Radio-info.com, an industry newsletter. Radio-info did not publish the full list of companies. The memo was posted website of the Traffic Directors Guild of America, an association of professionals who distribute paid advertisements to radio stations. It was quickly deleted but ThinkProgress obtained a copy from a Google snapshot of the site taken on March 9.

Previously, ThinkProgress has reported that 50 companies requested their advertising be pulled from the Rush Limbaugh show following his sexist attacks on Sandra Fluke. The publication of the memo adds an additional 90 companies to the list of companies that have dropped Limbaugh:


21st Century Insurance • Hotels.com • Rite Aid • Ace Hardware • Honda • Robitussin • Acura • IBM • Sam Adams • Advance Auto Parts • Icy Hot • Sam’s Club • Advil (All products) • Intuit/Small Business • Schiff – Digestive Advantage • Alacer/Emergen-C • Schiff – Mega Red • Allegra (all products) • Johnson & Johnson (All Brands) • Schiff – Move Free • Kohl’s • Schiff – Sustenex • Ally Bank • La Quinta • Scotts Miracle-Gro (all products) • American Express • Lifetime • Autozone • Little Caesars • Sony • Lowe’s • State Farm • British Petroleum • Luxottica • Staples • Bullfrog Sunblock • Macy’s • Sterling/Kay Jared Jewelers • Caltrate • MasterCard • Subway • Centrum • McDonalds • Takeda Uloric • Chapstick • Midas • The Home Depot • Clorox (Pinesol/Homecare) • Napa Auto Parts • ThermaCare • Cortizone • National Realtor • Toyota • DeVry • NBC-TV • Discover Card • Office Depot • Twinings of London • Domino’s Pizza • Office Max • Tyson/Wright Brand Bacon • Exxon/Exxon Mobil • One Main Financial • Unisom • Farmers Insurance • United Healthcare • Ford • Orkin • U.S. Army • Outback • U. S. Postal Service • General Motors (All products -GM Certified Service • Chevy • Onstar • Cadillac • etc) • Preparation H • Visa • Gold Bond (all products • ProNutrients (all products) • Walgreens • Grainger • Progressive Insurance • Wal-Mart • Green Mountain Coffee • Prudential • Wells Fargo • Hallmark • Radio Shack • Wrigley • H&R Block • Rent-A-Center • Yahoo!

see complete list with statements where available: http://pinterest.com/thinkprogress/companies-no-longer-advertising-on-rush-limbaugh/

[oldhippydude]

1. even preperation H

what a pain in the ass!!!

[Marie Marie]

5. To a giant hemorrhoid like Rush, that one must hurt.

[lastlib]

2. How many are left?? Those are the ones we need to hammer--

HARD!! Sticking up for this turd for a few bucks is just another form of prostitution

[yortsed snacilbuper]

3. big time toilet maker flushes the big stinky turd!

Rush Limbaugh's advertising woes continue, as kitchen and bath fixtures company Kohler is the latest company to pull its content from the radio program.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/rush-limbaugh-advertisers-kohler_n_1379980.html

[roguevalley]

4. I will drive my Element with joy. :)

[Iris]

6. Why would Caltrate advertise on that show?

It seems like the target market for calcium supplements would be women. Under normal circumstances, would Rush really have that many listeners who are women?