Thursday, March 03, 2011

296 Companies Refuse Ads On Glenn Beck

To date (2/14/11), here is a list of statements from a fraction of the total number of advertisers that have either pulled ads from or taken proactive measures to ensure that their ads do not appear on the Glenn Beck Program in the United States, the U.K., or both:

  • ADT (added 11/5/10) (statement)
  • Aegon (added 9/14/09)
  • Airmiles.co.uk (added 10/20/09)
  • Allergan (added 8/17/09)
  • Allstate Insurance (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Ally Bank/GMAC Financial Services (added 8/17/09)
  • Alpro Soya (added 01/11/10) (statement) [see note 5]
  • American Express (added 12/7/10) (statement)
  • AmMed Direct (added 10/6/09)
  • Ancestry.com (added 8/24/09) (statement)
  • Anheuser-Busch (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Apple (report) [see note 6]
  • Applebee’s (added 8/27/09)
  • Ashley Furniture (added 8/28/09)
  • AT&T (added 8/24/09)
  • AVON (added 7/29/10) (statement)
  • Bank of America (added 8/25/09)
  • Bell & Howell (added 8/27/09)
  • Best Buy (added 8/17/09)
  • Best Western (added 2/5/10) (statement)
  • Binder & Binder (added 9/2/09)
  • Blaine Labs (anti-fungal & scar treatments) (added 8/24/09)
  • BMW (added 4/1/10) (statement)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Brez (anti-snoring strips) by Airware Inc. (added 8/21/09)
  • British Airways (added 12/14/09)
  • Broadview Security (added 8/17/09)
  • Brother International Corp. (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Cadillac (added 5/8/10) (statement)
  • Campbell’s Soup Co. (added 8/24/09)
  • Capital One (added 9/2/09)
  • Celsius (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Citrix Online/GoToMyPC (added 10/6/09)
  • Clorox (added 8/23/09)
  • Closing.com (Closing Corp.) (added 8/28/09) (read statement here)
  • Coca-Cola (added 6/24/10) (statement)
  • Concord Music Group (Hear Music) (added 10/6/09)
  • Constant Contact (added 10/15/10) (statement)
  • CVS (added 8/17/09)
  • Dairy Crest (added 7/5/10) (statement)
  • Dannon Co. (added 9/2/09)
  • Diageo (Guinness, Cuervo, Baileys’, etc) (added 10/5/09)
  • DirecTV (added 8/27/09)
  • Discover (added 9/2/09)
  • DITECH (added 8/24/09)
  • EggLands Best (added 9/21/09)
  • Elations Co. (added 8/24/09)
  • Equifax (added 10/6/09)
  • Eulactol USA (maker of Flexitol) (added 10/6/09)
  • Farmers Insurance Group
  • Fly.com/TravelZoo (added 7/21/10) (statement)
  • FreeCreditReport.com/Experian (added 8/24/09)
  • GEICO
  • General Mills (added 8/27/09)
  • George Foreman Cooking (added 2/20/10) (statement)
  • GetARoom.com (added 10/6/09)
  • GlaxoSmithKline (added 1/12/10) (statement)
  • Halifax (added 2/14/11) (statement)
  • Healthy Choice (owned by CongAgra)
  • Helzberg Diamonds (added 12/1/10) (statement)
  • History Channel (added 11/11/09)
  • Hoffman La Roche (maker of Boniva) (added 10/6/09)
  • Holiday Inn (added 5/12/10) (statement)
  • Honda (added 1/31/10) (statement)
  • HSBC (added 9/2/09)
  • Humana (added 9/14/09)
  • ICAN Benefit Group Insurance (added 9/2/09)
  • Idaho Potato Commission (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Infiniti (added 9/2/09)
  • Intersections Inc. (added 2/16/10)
  • ING DIRECT (added 01/07/09) (statement)
  • Jack Daniels (Updated 12/28/09) [see note 4]
  • Jelmar (CLR cleaner manufacturer) (added 9/2/09)
  • Johnson & Johnson (added 8/24/09)
  • Jordan McKenna Debt Counseling Network (added 9/2/09)
  • Jordans (added 2/14/11) (statement) [see note 8]
  • Kaplan Tutoring (added 7/8/10) (statement)
  • KFC (UK) (a Yum Brands! subsidiary) (statement) (added 7/12/10)
  • Kodak (added 1/21/11) (statement)
  • KRAFT Foods (added 8/20/09) (read statement here)
  • KRAFT Foods (UK) (added 11/13/09)
  • Lawyers.com (owned by LexisNexis)
  • Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Logo TV (added 3/23/10) (statement)
  • Lowe’s (added 8/24/09) (statement)
  • Luxottica Retail (parent company of Pearle & LensCrafters) (added 9/14/09)
  • Mars (maker of Snickers, M&Ms, Pedigree, etc..) (added 10/20/09) (read statement here)
  • Marriott International (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Men’s Wearhouse
  • Mercedes-Benz (added 9/2/09)
  • MetLife Bank (added 8/5/10) (statement)
  • Metropolitan Talent Management (added 10/6/09) [see note 3]
  • Michelin (added 11/18/10) (statement)
  • Monsanto (added 2/4/11) (statement)
  • Natwest (UK) (added 12/11/09)
  • Nestle (added 05/03/10) (statement)
  • Northland Juices (added 4/8/09) (statement)
  • NutriSystem (added 8/24/09) (statement) [see note 7]
  • ooVoo (added 10/6/09)
  • Overture Films (added 10/6/09)
  • Polaroid (added 10/2/10) (statement)
  • Premier Foods (UK) (added 11/18/09)
  • Premier Inn (UK) (added 12/20/09)
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Progressive Insurance
  • Prudential (added 1/28/10) (statement)
  • PUIG Beauty (added 12/14/09)
  • Purity Products (added 6/8/10) (statement)
  • Radio Shack
  • Re-Bath (added 8/17/09)
  • Reckitt Benckiser (UK) (added 12/04/09)
  • Regions Financial Corporation (added 8/27/09)
  • Republic of Macedonia (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Roche [see note 1]
  • S.C. Johnson
  • SAM (Store and Move) (added 8/27/09)
  • Sanofi-Aventis
  • Sargento Cheese
  • Scarguard (added 10/6/09)
  • Schiff Nutrition (maker of Tiger’s Milk & Fi-Bar) (added 10/6/09)
  • Sears (added 5/18/10) (statement)
  • Seoul Metropolitan Government (added 10/6/09)
  • Simplex Healthcare (Diabetes Care Club) (added 9/2/09)
  • Smith & Nephew (added 2/9/11)
  • Sprint (added 8/23/09)
  • StarKist (tuna) (added 2/8/10) (statement)
  • State Farm Insurance
  • Subaru (added 10/6/09)
  • Sylvan Learning (added 2/20/10) (statement)
  • Tesco (added 12/19/09)
  • Toyota-Lexus USA (added 10/6/09) / Toyota (GB) (added 2/3/10) (statement)
  • Travelers Insurance (added 8/27/09)
  • Travelocity
  • TurboTax (added 3/10/10) (statement)
  • UPS (added 8/23/09)
  • United Healthcare (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • United States Postal Service (added 9/14/09)
  • US Fidelis (added 2/16/10) (statement)
  • Verizon Wireless (added 8/21/09)
  • Virgin Atlantic (added 01/08/10)
  • Vodafone (added 07/02/10) (statement)
  • Vonage (added 8/24/09)
  • Volkswagen (added 2/16/10)
  • Waitrose (added 10/4/09) [see note 2]
  • Walmart (added 8/17/09)
  • Weight Watchers (added 2/20/10) (statement)
  • Western Union (added 2/16/10)
  • Woodland Power Products (added 10/6/09)
  • Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (added 9/14/09)
  • Yorkshire Tea (added 2/9/11) (statement)
  • Zoosk (added 8/2/10) (statement)

The New York Times recently reported that 296 companies refuse to have their advertisements run on Glenn Beck’s program. The report also explained that Fox News was having difficulty selling ads on O’Reilly and Fox & Friends on the days that Glenn Beck is scheduled to appear.

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2 comments:

Elizabeth said...

I'm curious -- why? Why, then, does the guy sell so many books?

Reg said...

I know Elizabeth! I think they are just making up the sales numbers, because nobody I know has bought any of his books.