Posted on 06/19/2003 2:45:32 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
LIPTON ICED TEA DIXIE CHICKS ADS PULLED
Unilever Says It Will Continue Running Current Spots June 19, 2003 QwikFIND ID: AAO77M By Hillary Chura
BOSTON (AdAge.com) -- An ad for Lipton Iced Tea that features the Dixie Chicks is being pulled, according to people familiar with the situation. The country music group's lead singer in March during a concert was made comments critical of President Bush in the days leading up to the country's war with Iraq.
No comment A spokeswoman for Unilever, which jointly markets Lipton with PepsiCo in the Pepsi-Lipton Tea Partnership, would not comment on why the Dixie Chicks ad is not running but said, "Lipton has a number of different advertising and promotional plans in the works and has opted for now to run the commercials that currently are on air."
It's uncertain when or if the ad will run. The ads were to have debuted in May to coincide with the group's first world tour in three years.
Three current 30-second spots, which focus on getting back to a healthy way of living, started running in May in the slots designated for the Dixie Chicks ad, according to one person familiar with the situation. The person said the ads were rushed into production after comments made by Natalie Maines, the group's lead singer, caused a furor among some country music fans.
Texas dustup In a concert in England just prior to the start of the war in Iraq, Ms. Maines told the crowd: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The group is also from Texas. Radio stations organized boycotts, and Ms. Maine's later issued an apology
J. Walter Thompson Co., New York, produced the Dixie Chicks ads as well as those on air now. The decision not to run the ad has had no effect on the Lipton's sponsorship of the Grammy-winning group's "Top of the World Tour." The plan was for the tour was to offer Lipton a portable integrated marketing opportunity that would have included an associated Lipton Iced Tea TV spot.
PepsiCo and JWT, part of WPP Group, did not return calls for comment.
Lipton Iced Tea spent $2.9 million in measured media last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence/ CMR.
ooops, ah, yes, well no, maybe. Oh he!!, no profile page so who knows. lol
Speaking of managers, maybe the gals' new one can help:
ooops, ah, yes, well no, maybe. Oh he!!, no profile page so who knows. lol Trolls don't have to use gender specific names. (How's that for a slick recovery?)
Speaking of managers, maybe the gals' new one can help:
I really don't know. The only thing I could come up with that even approached that level of argument was 'Im like rubber, you're like glue... whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you'
But considering I left fourth grade about 25 years ago, I issue a challenge that can't be debated. Although I expect to see an answer something of the sort 'You can't expect me to go through your posts, they're not worth reading anyway', or something to the effect
You're right, I feel guilty. If it makes you feel safer I can add some things like "free speech" and "seperation of church and state" as well as "the right to privacy" to those "Old" constitutions to make them better.
Lipton tea is owned by the French. That's the reason no more Lipton for me.
I do.
Turnabout is fair play.
What? Even if I don't like what somebody has to say, they can keep saying it as long as they so desire. Nobody is infringing on the Dixie Chick's right to free speech. If they want to continue to say moronic things, they have that right and nobody can legally stop them from doing so. But if I don't like or agree with what the Dixie Chick's are saying, I can refuse to buy their CD's in protest, which has absolutely nothing to do with infringing on their free speech rights.
Hey I've seen that Freeper!
PepsiCo, Lipton's parent company, also owns the following...
Frito-Lay (Doritos/Fritos/Lay's Chips/Ruffles Chips/WOW! non-fat chips/Cheetos/Santitas/Sun Chips/Tostitas/Grandma's cookies/Fuzum's onion-flavored rings/Cracker Jack/Smartfood Popcorn)
Rold Gold Pretzels
Frito-Lay alone accounts for two-thirds of PepsiCo's profits.
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