Ann Coulter's latest bigoted and hateful diatribe has justifiably evoked rage and disgust throughout the progressive community, and every aspect of the subject has been diaried extensively in the last 48 hours.
One of the best ways to communicate one's distaste for Coulter's repeated incidents of hate speech is to respectfully but firmly let her advertisers know you are deeply troubled by their indirect support of bigotry through their advertising on Coulter's website.
A list of Coulter's advertisers with contact information is detailed below. Please note that web advertisers place ads in rotations, often only visible during specific time periods, and thus this list may not be complete. UPDATE: Go to www.anncoulter.com and hit your refresh button to view the various ads at the top. If you find new advertisers (or it appears those on the list below have pulled out), send me a screen capture of the page to the email addy in my profile and I will update the diary accordingly.
More on the flip.
UPDATE2: Please bear in mind this diary is not a call to boycott. Many of these companies and their management likely have no idea their ads are on Coulter's site. Such ads are placed by advertising agencies on hundreds of sites. The purpose here is to create awareness such that these companies will willingly withdraw the ads and their financial support.
Remember, if you plan to contact any of these companies, keep your communication succinct and respectful. Make sure your message has a professional tone. Ask them politely to consider withdrawal of advertising from AnnCoulter.com. If you are a customer or shareholder of any of these companies, be sure to state that fact, as it will carry more weight with your message.
Update 4: Several additional advertisers have appeared today on the Coulter site. Interestingly, there appear to have been no Toyota ads placed in rotation in the last 48 hours, so I am pulling them off the list. Companies which appear to have pulled their ads yet subsequently re-appear will be placed back on the list in future diaries.
Shown below is a list of new companies (contact info for these will be posted shortly):
Power Chord Academy, a band camp for kids
AT&T/Cingular
Wall Street Journal
AMD/Dreamworks
DogPile.com
ConsumerGain.com
InsightExpress.com
Greyhound Bus Lines, info provided by a diary reader but he/she was unable to get a screen capture. If others can verify Greyhound please note it in the comments and email me the screen capture.
Here's the primary list. If you personally have better contacts for key personnel in these firms please share them in the comments.
Google
Investor relations contact is here.
No other contact information appeared to be available.
Sallie Mae
Investor relations contact is here.
Phone: (888) 2-SALLIE (888-272-5543)
Fax: (800) 848-1949
Verizon Communications
Kudos to Verizon. A Kossack reported recieving this message from Verizon today:
"Thank you for expressing your concern regarding Verizon advertising on the Ann Coulter Web site.
Verizon's traditoinal business purchases Internet advertising in many ways. One is via a network that places ads automatically in various spheres of influence. Although our online agency has been instructed not to place ads on sites where extreme positions are expressed, this site was erroneously selected via that network. Verizon Wireless has no ads on that site.
We have instructed that the ads be removed from the site in question and expect they will be removed expeditiously."
Thanks, Verizon! Another excellent example of great corporate responsiveness. I'm switching to them when my current cell contract expires.
USA Today
Marketing/Advertising email contact page is
here.
ING Financial
Corporate contact page is here.
YAHOO
Complete listing of media relations staff and advertising agency email addresses can be found
here.
Universal Studios Orlando
Media/Public Relations contact page is here.
Monster.com
Contact is Robert Jones, VP Global Corporate Communications/Investor Relations. Email address is robert.jones@monsterworldwide.com.
Dish Network
Media/Public Relations email is press@echostar.com.
Investor Relations contact is here.
DishTV is owned by Echostar. CEO Charlie Ergen is said to take customer service very seriously. Here is the company info:
Charlie Ergen
Chairman & CEO
9601 South Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, Co. 80112
303-723-1000
Just call the number and ask for Charlie Ergen. Please be respectful to him and his people, so they will continue taking our calls.
Dollar Rent-A-Car
Contact Emily Gill, Public Relations Administrator, 918-669-2949, or email, egill@dollar.com
Washington Mutual
Public online contact page can be found here.
NetBank
Kudos to NetBank! Netbank has contacted a Kossack who notified them of their ad on Coulter's site, and they are pulling the ad! They were not aware the ad was rotating on the Coulter site. This type of corporate responsibility and responsiveness deserves high praise. If you are considering signing up for an online banking service, give these people a try.
Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau (Gulfshores.com
Email address is info@gulfshores.com
YellowPages.com
Public contact link is here.
SmileTrain.org
This is a non-profit which provides surgery to children with cleft palates. Email contact is info@smiletrain.org.
Classmates.com (subsidiary of United Online)
United Online contacts with email addresses are:
Elizabeth Gengl
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
PR Hotline Number - (818) 287-3034
pr@untd.com
Scott Matulis
Vice President, Corporate Communications
PR Hotline Number - (818) 287-3034
pr@untd.com
United Online also owns NetZero, Juno, and other businesses.
Smiley.com (subsidiary of IAC Group) (Zenky ad)
IAC Group email contact addresses can be found here.
Note that IAC owns a number of high profile businesses, such as Frontgate Catalogues, eVite, Ticketmaster, Lending Tree, and others. For a complete list of IAC businesses click here.
Education-Advancement.com
Online public comment link is here.
Ulta.com (cosmetics)
Online public comment link is here.
NEW
Just received an email from a Kossack with addtional info:
You may also want to contact the Ad networks that are partnering with www.anncoulter.com. In my experience they generally have very thin skin, and will terminate relationships with publisher’s (www.anncoulter.com) if there is any controversy that may offend their advertisers
Ad Network contact info is below:
Tribal Fusion
Contact info
here,
Value Click Media
Contact info is here.
Adbrite
Contact info is here.
Advertising.com (owned by Time Warner)
Contact info is here.
Update 5: Newly Discovered Advertisers
AT&T
Investor Relations contacts are here.
Media Relations contacts are here.
Power Chord Academy (Music Camp for kids)
Kudos to Power Cord. They are pulling their ads.
InsightExpress.com
Email contact page is here.
AMD
Investor Relations contact is here.
Dreamworks (ad in partnership with AMD above)
No corporate contact info found.
ConsumerGain.com
Membership required for email access here.
Please note: A Google search turned up a number of article about consumer complaints on this company.
Dogpile.com
Consumer email contact page is here
Wall Street Journal
Extensive contact info page is here.