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David Cazares

Nonprofits get more air time on Rush Limbaugh show

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From AdAge.com:

The boycott against talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh has some unexpected beneficiaries: nonprofits getting more ad time on his show. The United Negro College Fund, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the American Heart Association are among the organizations that had ads air yesterday during Limbaugh's program...

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Dozens of companies have pulled ads, including Minnesota-based Select Comfort.

Media Matters is tracking, one commercial break at a time, whose ads are appearing on Limbaugh's program in the wake of Limbaugh's remarks about a Georgetown University student. A majority of the ads seem to be coming via the Ad Council, which distributes public service announcements.