Dropped Sponsors
Total number of companies that refuse to have ads run on Glenn Beck: 136!
Your efforts are working: After advertisers flee, Glenn Beck’s show in the U.K. ran without ads for 4 months, then returned briefly, and are back off again. That means, Glenn Beck’s show has run in the U.K. for nearly 6 months without any commercials.
Also, it has been reported that the Glenn Beck show is losing more than 50% of its weekly ad revenue as a result of this boycott.
Notably: The Washington Post reports that the number of companies that refuse to run ads on Glenn Beck’s show exceeds 200. You can find an explanation of the discrepancy between the list below and the Washington Post’s numbers here.
Keep it up!
To date (08/05/10), here is the full list 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:
- 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]
- 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)
- 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)
- Healthy Choice (owned by CongAgra)
- 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)
- Kaplan Tutoring (added 7/8/10) (statement)
- KFC (UK) (a Yum Brands! subsidiary) (statement) (added 7/12/10)
- 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)
- 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]
- 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)
- Premier Foods (UK) (added 11/18/09)
- Premier Inn (UK) (added 12/20/09)
- Procter & Gamble
- Progressive Insurance
- 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)
- 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)
- Zoosk (added 8/2/10) (statement)
Notes:
- Roche has reneged on their commitment to cease sponsoring Glenn Beck.
- Waitrose has removed all advertising from the Fox News Channel in protest over Glenn Beck.
- Metropolitan Talent Management will not purchase any ads on the Fox News Channel in protest over Glenn Beck.
- Jack Daniels is pulling their ads from all political shows.
- Alpro Soya has pulled their advertisements from all of Fox News.
- Apple has removed all advertising from the Fox News Channel in protest over.
- Beginning April 5, Nutrisystem ceased honoring their commitment not to advertise on Glenn Beck’s program. Please contact them and urge them to honor their original commitment.
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Although these organizations are not affiliated with the StopBeck effort, I want to recognize their contributions in holding Glenn Beck accountable for his irresponsible vitriol, propagation of sexism and preying on racial anxiety. So, thank you: Color of Change, SEIU and Media Matters.
And, of course, big thanks to all this participating in the StopBeck Effort. Your tweets and emails do matter.
Onward we go..
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This list was previously maintained at JenkinsEar.com.