Premier Inn Pulls Ads From Glenn Beck
More success for the UK effort to Stop Glenn Beck! This evening, they announced that Premier Inn will be pulling their ads from the Glenn Beck program. Premier Inn is the fifth sponsor to drop Glenn Beck in the UK this week, joining British Airways, PUIG Beauty, Natwest and Tesco.
This brings the total number of sponsors who have dropped Glenn Beck to 94.
After the UK effort reached out to Premier Inn regarding their sponsorship of Glenn Beck’s indecent content, Premier Inn stated that they will pull their ads:
Thank you for your email.
Please note Premier Inn advertising has now been rescheduled.
Regards,
Steve ConwaySTEVE CONWAY
Head of Marketing, Premier Inn
Large corporations think and act globally. Accordingly, in order to effect change, we must think and act globally too. This is why we will continue to contact those companies that advertise on Glenn Beck’s show in the UK.
Big thanks to the UK effort, moleyhtfc on Twitter and everyone else who is participating in this effort. Keep up the great work all!
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about 2 years ago
How very small you are! A bunch of brits going after an American commentator on an American network commenting on America and American things. What the hell is wrong with you? Too unmarxist for you? In case you haven’t noticed, you all have quite enough to worry about as it is without trying to take on people who are obviously much smarter than you are.