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Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers, March 9
March 09, 2012 1:01 pm ET by MMFA Staff
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HOUR 1, COMMERCIAL BREAK 1
[ABC News update]
Baracuda Networks
Netflix [On March 6, Netflix said that its "spots were picked up in error" and that it has "instructed [its] advertising agency to make sure this error will not happen again." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]
HOUR 1, COMMERCIAL BREAK 2
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ad Council
Save the Children, and the Ad Council
New York City Office of Emergency Management, and the Ad Council
Feeding America, and the Ad Council
UNCF, and the Ad Council [Note: A March 8 Bloomberg News article reported that a council spokesman for the organization said: "We cannot control or predict where they appear. ... We find out from reporting afterwards." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]
American Heart Association, and the Ad Council [Note: A March 8 Bloomberg News article reported that according to the organization's executive vice president of communications, the AHA "will be asking WABC to no longer utilize these unpaid PSAs." Media Matters will continue to monitor.]
Save the Children, and the Ad Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Ad Council
[Note: The Ad Council distributes public service announcements "to the media who donate free time and space to our campaigns which ensures our messages reach the American public."]
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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203090011
Also, reports of more dead air: http://twitter.com/#!/thinkprogress/statuses/178170640761753600
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