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Howard Stern is an excellent example, particularly because you won't find him on most heavily-regulated media.
by fixermark 10y ago
Howard Stern is an excellent example, particularly because you won't find him on most heavily-regulated media.
- x0x0 10y agoHoward Stern is a terrible example: his advertisers knew exactly what they were getting. PDP, unless he's stupid, should have known what DISNEY wanted. And it's not anti-semitic jokes, particularly following repeated use of Nazi iconography in his videos.
- talmand 10y agoPDP was popular before Disney became involved, if Howard Stern's advertisers knew what they were getting then Disney should have known as well. You provide Stern an excuse but then deny the same excuse to PDP.
- Bartweiss 10y agoNotably Stern's employers and advertisers seemingly didn't know what they were getting, as judged by their decision to drop him for racist comments. Maybe they should have known, maybe they knew but figured they could profit and then drop him when he screwed up, but they did hire him after his success and drop him later. You're right that it exactly mirrors PDP's situation: off-the-cuff, inflammatory content creator partners with advertisers, does something extra-inflammatory, gets dropped by same.