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Has Rush Limbaugh added any new sponsors?
- Thread starter MC
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He indicated on air that 3 new sponsors will start within the next 2 weeks, and 2 that dropped are returning. No names as of yet
MC said:
That's some guy talking out of his arse.
What sponsor would want to put themselves in the crosshairs of a protest movement? It's a LOT easier to lose business than to build business, which is why business people are so cautious. This isn't about ideology to them, it's about money.
Although, as the radio-info news article pointed out, even though 36 sponsors have cancelled or suspended their advertising on Limbaugh's show, at least ONE has said they'll buy:
"SeekingArrangement.com, whose mission is to match subscribers with wealthy “Sugar Daddies,” said Tuesday it intends to gobble up available ad time during Limbaugh’s program."
Nice.
Well, Rush himself hinted that he's lined up a few new sponsors, while one of the former sponsors is "begging" to come back into the fold.
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2409863&spid=24698
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2409863&spid=24698
Heard some "sugar daddies" site was going to advertise, hadn't heard about Ashley Madison (which would P.O. some of the affiliates even more).
This is starting to sound like the advertisers left for Stern, when he was on terrestrial. Lots of the biggies (McD's, Coke, etc.) retreated & you had the Ashley Madison type advertisers.
If the colon cleanser commercials begin to appear on Rush's show, you know he's scraping the bottom (pun intended.)
If the colon cleanser commercials begin to appear on Rush's show, you know he's scraping the bottom (pun intended.)
Apparently the AshleyMadison story is wrong. Or at least that's what Rush says.
Meanwhile, the writer who reported the story wrote a column today in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/sorry-rush-limbaugh-a-response-from-the-writer-he-called-b-i-itchy/2012/03/08/gIQAmgPkzR_blog.html?hpid=z2
I'm sure that will be the topic of the next Rush rant.
It struck me while I read the Post column what the real problem is with talk radio: Too much time to fill.
Did you ever listen to Stern when he was on WNBC? He did a lot of the same stuff he does now, but the bits were shorter and more concise, because he had to cram in a song every couple of minutes. The problem with talk radio is there's too much talk. If the bits were planned just a little better, instead of ramblings and rants, talk radio might be more interesting. But these guys don't know when to stop. They keep beating the already-dead horse. And sooner or later they say something wrong. Thank God for the commercials, because they give us blessed relief. If it weren't for them, the host would just keep talking.
Meanwhile, the writer who reported the story wrote a column today in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/sorry-rush-limbaugh-a-response-from-the-writer-he-called-b-i-itchy/2012/03/08/gIQAmgPkzR_blog.html?hpid=z2
I'm sure that will be the topic of the next Rush rant.
It struck me while I read the Post column what the real problem is with talk radio: Too much time to fill.
Did you ever listen to Stern when he was on WNBC? He did a lot of the same stuff he does now, but the bits were shorter and more concise, because he had to cram in a song every couple of minutes. The problem with talk radio is there's too much talk. If the bits were planned just a little better, instead of ramblings and rants, talk radio might be more interesting. But these guys don't know when to stop. They keep beating the already-dead horse. And sooner or later they say something wrong. Thank God for the commercials, because they give us blessed relief. If it weren't for them, the host would just keep talking.
Any truth to the rumor that "Spatula City" might return to the Rush fold? (That's a joke, son!)
TheBigA said:
Now THERE'S a classic line!
Acutally, I hated the corny Stern bits when he was on WNBC. I much preferred the rambling stream of consciousness stuff...far more real and funny.
I also like when talk hosts talk about normal life thigns before launching into topics. It just makes them more relateable, rather than being just a topic machine.
jas2525 said:
Yep, far more real...but also more likely to become TMI: Too Much Information. Sometimes that's funny. Sometimes it's not, depending on the host and topic. But imagine how talk radio would be if the host would just "hit the post," play a song, and let it all sink in for a few minutes. The nightly dating and relationship shows handle it best.
Michelle Malkin's Twitchy.com, new sponsor
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/09/newest-limbaugh-advertiser-twitchy-com/
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/09/newest-limbaugh-advertiser-twitchy-com/
TheBigA said:
[Trebek]CORRECT![/Trebek]
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/08/washington_post_runs_out_and_out_lie
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