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GlaxoSmithKline has yanked its advertising from Don Imus’ talk show amid the controversy caused by remarks he made about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Imus’ show, a nationally syndicated radio program, is also simulcast on cable network MSNBC.
According to TNS Media Intelligence, GlaxoSmithKline was the No. 5 advertiser on the MSNBC telecast of Imus’ show during 2006, spending $277,900.
“The bottom line is that we have suspended our advertising with MSNBC until we can determine that we can have a level of confidence that our media standards are being adhered to,” GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Nancy Pekarek told MM&M.
Pekarek said Glaxo did not buy any advertising space on Imus’ radio program.
“What we did do was buy advertising on MSNBC. That put us on a rotation and that’s how the ads appeared on MSNBC in that time slot,” she said.
Glaxo was among a number of companies that by Tuesday that had pulled their advertising from Imus’ show.
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