Carbonite CEO: Dropping Rush Limbaugh Hurt Revenue More than Expected

breitbart.com ^ | Aug. 3, 2012 | Tony Lee

[PROCON]

When Media Matters helped organize the Stop Rush boycott pressuring corporations to pull advertisements from Rush Limbaugh’s show, the online file storage company Carbonite was one of the first big names to give in. Now, as William Jacobson of the “Legal Insurrection” blog noted, Carbonite’s CEO David Friend conceded on a conference call that dropping Limbaugh deeply hurt the company’s earnings.

[PROCON]

Carbonite’s 2nd Quarter 2012 results shocked analysts, causing the company's stock price to plummet by 15% in one day.

HA, HA, the results of liberal facism, serves them right!

[Tzimisce]

Libs aren’t the only ones who can boycott. :)

[chiller]

Naahhh, can’t be. Nobody listens to Limbaugh. Do they ?

[bray]

No, they put him out of business for the slut comment. Women hate him.

[chiller]

I don’t remember if this is the client that soon realized they’d erred and tried to get back on the air , but Rush declined to renew them.

[SMGFan]

But haven’t some stations which carry El Rushbo suffered loss in advertising revenue noon to 3 pm?
Since the boycott I hear too many PSAs on WABC NYC 770 rather than real ads.

[Proud2BeRight]

Stupidity often has consequences. Cave to the leftwing hate mongers and that’s what you can expect.

[null and void]

So they got fil-A’d. Pity...

[Political Junkie Too]

Them and Sleep Train.

-PJ

[PROCON]

I hear too many PSAs

It seems the number of PSA's have increased during 0bama's regime; how stupid and annoying they are, seems should be more directed to the lib stations, OH WAIT, there aren't any :-)

[chiller]

Sleep Train would be a local buy, Sacramento I believe, which Rush would have no influence over. Regarding PSA's on WABC; they're not on the network here, so again if true it's a local issue which are influenced by many things. With his national numbers up, there's no excuse for locals to be selling less.

I'm skeptical of the report.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks PROCON.

[publius911]

Carbonite CEO: Dropping Rush Limbaugh Hurt Revenue More than Expected

So what?
What difference should it make? It's not about principle, right?

Companies and corporations don't need principles.

Stop whining already.

Actions.
Consequences.

[Randy Larsen]

I’m pretty sure that company was Sleep Train, who Rush helped get started in Sacramento while he worked for KFBK.

[bmwcyle]

Libs can’t remember history or see their damage of the future.

[DefeatCorruption]

No, they put him out of business for the slut comment. Women hate him.
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NO....WOMEN DON’T HATE RUSH. Slut Fluke deserved what she got - and so did Carbonite.

[publius911]

Since the boycott I hear too many PSAs on WABC NYC 770 rather than real ads.

That would be the result of the local commercial times as opposed to the national commercials, which remain essentially unchanged.

[Menehune56]

But haven’t some stations which carry El Rushbo suffered loss in advertising revenue noon to 3 pm? Since the boycott I hear too many PSAs on WABC NYC 770 rather than real ads.

Same in here in the DFW metroplex on WBAP - lots and lots of PSAs. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the recent sale of the station to Cumulus.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Good leaders admit mistakes and take steps to correct them.