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Sep 07
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US Magazine SNAFU: The Fallout ContinuesPosted by Stop-The-Attacks in US Magazine, Sarah Palin, Media Attacks |
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Thousands of US Magazine Subscribers Cancel! ...just a follow up to the story we posted concerning the US Magazine cover featuring Sarah Palin with the "Babies, Lies, and Scandal" headline (see "US?" Biased? Not "US!").
It seems that we were not the only ones outranged over this blatantly biased hatchet job.
Thousands of disgruntled readers are expressing their outrage on US Magazine's website, not to mention flooding the phones of the so-called "subscription hotline" in an effort to cancel their subscriptions. Nice.
"I'm hearing it's 5,000, maybe more," says one source in the industry. Another source claimed that as many as 10,000 readers have already cancelled their subscriptions. Very Nice.
And these numbers were breaking only a day or two after the story first broke and grabbed America's attention; those numbers could have grown exponentially by now. Very, very nice.
One US advertiser has admitted that they've received calls from angry former subscribers threatening to boycott their products.
We thought we would pass along a short list of some of the major advertisers supporting US Magazine; perhaps you'll think twice before buying that next Toyota and shopping at Target.
| PRODUCT(s) | PARENT COMPANY | PHONE | |
| Clinique | Estée Lauder | 646-602-7551 |  |
| Garnier Fructis | L'Oreal USA | 212-984-4414 | |
| Deseo (J-Lo. perfume) | Coty Inc. (click Contact Us link) | 212-389-7000 | |
| Sprint | Sprint Nextel Inc. | 703-433-8677 | |
| Centrum | Wyeth Corp. | 973-301-2193 | |
| Enfamil | Bristol Meyers Squibb | 212-546-4000 | |
| ABILIFY | Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals | 415-986-5300 | |
| BL Lime | Anheuser-Busch | 800-342-5283 | |
| JC Penney | JC Penney | 614-759-7357 | |
| Cover Girl, Olay, Crest | Procter & Gamble | 800-568-4035 | |
| Neutrogena | Johnson & Johnson | 800-582-4048 | |
| Coca Cola/Powerade | Coca Cola | 404-676-5009 | |
| Pepperidge Farm | Campbell's Soup Co. | 800-257-8443 | |
| Lady Foot Locker | Lady Foot Locker (Doug Smith) | 212-720-3700 | |
| CW Network | CBS /Warner Bros | 212-975-4321 | |
| TRESemme | Alberto-Culver | 708-450-3000 | |
| M&Ms | Mars Corporation | 800-627-7852 | |
| ABC | Disney/ABC Corp. | 818-560-1000 | |
| Jack in the Box | Jack in the Box | 858-571-2121 | |
| Glaxo Smith Kline | Glaxo Smith Kline | 888-825-5249 | |
| Food Network | E. W. Scripps Company | 865-560-3663 | |
| Target | Target | 800-440-0680 | |
| Wrigley's | Wrigley's | 800-WRIGLEY | |
| Special K | Kellogg's | 800-962-1413 | |
| McDonalds | McDonalds Corp. | 800-244-6227 | |
| NutriSystem | NutriSystem Public Relations | 800-585-5483 | |
| WalGreens | Walgreens | 800-925-4733 | |
| Walmart | Walmart Media Relations | 800-331-0085 | |
| Fiji Water | Fiji Water | 888-426-3454 | |
| SONY | Sony Corporation | 800-556-3411 | |
| Toyota | Toyota Corporation | 800-331-4331 | |
| State Farm | State Farm Corporate | 309-766-2311 | |
| LG | LG | 800-243-0000 | |
| Boost Mobile | Boost Worldwide | 949-748-3440 | |
| Rhapsody | Real Networks | 206-674-2700 | |
| Schick | Schick Consumer Affairs | 800-742-8377 | |
| Converse | Converse Inc. | 800-431-8862 | |
US?" Biased? Not "US!"
US Magazine SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATION HOTLINE:
1-800-283-3956
[Credit to Boycott US Weekly for the list!]
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written by AnnetteLogan22, March 10, 2010
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