While the total count of advertisers, local and national, who have abandoned Rush Limbaugh has reached upwards of 150, there's a handful still sticking around. Among them, according to Radio-Info.com, is The New York Times.
The Times had ads in all three hours of Rush Limbaugh's Tuesday show, on Cumulus-owned WABC (770). Here’s a quick look at some of the other ads heard on WABC – Amberen ... Winning Our Future, a pro-Newt Gingrich Super PAC. Zyvestra ... General Steel ... Hillsdale College ... Hoover ... Insperity ... A lawsuit attorney specializing in mesothelioma cases. Tax Resolution Services ... Total Transformation ...
One of those, Tax Resolution Services, had said on
March 5 that they had "decided to join other advertisers and suspend our sponsorship of The Rush Limbaugh Show." Apparently that suspension is over, which makes a point we've been talking about for a few weeks now—too many of these advertisers will temporarily suspend, and just come back.
If you haven't already, sign our petition to all of Limbaugh's advertisers telling them to keep their ads off of his show permanently.
2:33 PM PT: Great news from CREDO on The New York Times. They contacted the VP of Corporate Communications for the paper, Eileen Murphy, who responded:
We do not advertise on the Rush Limbaugh program. The ads that ran earlier this week were placed as a result of a broader network buy (a metro traffic buy). Meaning...ads can be placed anywhere where there is a vacancy. There are places that we (The Times) have designated that we don't want to be and one of them is the Rush Limbaugh program. An outside agency manages the buy. In this case, either they, or ABC made a mistake and we've taken steps to ensure that it doesn't happen again.