Sponsors drop BET's `Hot Ghetto Mess'
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At least two companies have pulled ads from the debut of BET's "Hot Ghetto Mess," a series that critics say puts black stereotypes on display but the channel calls "a blend of tough love and social commentary."
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BALTIMORE, Aug. 14 -- Even before Hurricane Charley ranged up the East Coast and began to drop its drizzle on Pimlico Race Course, the $75,000 All Brandy Stakes for Maryland-bred fillies and mares had been taken off the track's beat-up turf course.
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A racy ad for a vendor of Web site names was pulled at the last minute from a second showing during the Super Bowl telecast on Sunday after NFL executives objected that the spot made light of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" incident in last year's halftime show.
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The controversial game publisher pulls the plug on a game, for now.
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N.Y.U. is dropping a controversial ad campaign aimed at raising awareness of childrenâs mental health disorders.
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TheStreet.com said Monday that it would cancel the first round of its âBeat the Streetâ competition because some of the contestants had taken advantage of the system.
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Controversy over a new advertising campaign by Trojan, the condom maker, has trickled down to the local level.
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A nightclub has canceled a performance by Buju Banton, a reggae star whose violent lyrics about gays and lesbians have made him a controversial figure, after receiving complaints from patrons.
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Omniscient entity seeks commercial backer Carphone Warehouse has pulled its sponsorship of Big Brother after the racism allegations which plagued the last series of the celebrity-obsessed voyeurfest.â¦
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Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a statement to users that the logo is being dropped.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.
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A new in-your-face safe-sex campaign is using street language to hook in its audience. Using real people and animation with a hip-hop music bed, the message on the advertisement is &#39;no rubba, no hubba hubba.
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Cristal,   the champagne that has been name-checked in songs by rappers like Lil&#039;   Kim, Snoop Dogg, Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs and 50 Cent, no longer has a place   on Jay-Z&#039;s table. The Def Jam Records president announced Thursday that   he would be boycotting the beverage, both at home and at his chain of   nightclubs, due to comments made by a Cristal executive that he found   offensive.
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BET's provocatively titled "Hot Ghetto Mess," which drew sharp criticism and overshadowed the rest of the cable channel's new schedule, is getting an upbeat new name.
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It certainly has not been a banner year for DDB Chicago. The Omnicom shop has lost business representing about $500 million in billings, a chief creative officer who began in January left in July, the shop is under pressure on its Capital One account from sibling BBDO Atlanta and, as a result, morale is sagging.
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Blog: Both FeedBurner's Stats PRO and MyBrand are no longer paid services.
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Volkswagen of America said Thursday that it would withdraw a commercial that several mental health organizations criticized as making light of suicide.