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Barack Obama to pay big for primetime buy ($961K-CBS $891K + $775K-NBC for 3-30min ads)
Hollywood Reporter ^
| October 10, 2008
| Paul Gough
Posted on 10/10/2008 10:40:03 AM PDT by Longstreet63
NEW YORK -- Barack Obama will pay NBC and CBS almost $1 million each for the campaign's half-hour ad buy in primetime Wednesday, Oct. 29, less than a week before the election.
According to papers available at CBS's headquarters in New York, the campaign agreed Monday to pay $961,000 for the entire 8-8:30 pm time period. It wasn't clear whether that was in pattern, meaning it would run across all time zones at that period.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acornintimidation; acornvotefraud; cbs; fraudandintimidation; infomercial; intimidationandfraud; nbc; obama
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Well, money shouldn't be an issue if McCain wants to do the same...
To: Longstreet63
That is it? Something smell fishy here...
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:41:16 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(The MSM suffers from premature election)
To: Longstreet63
>> Barack Obama will pay NBC and CBS almost $1 million each
Is it just me, or does that sound like a sweetheart rate (for the media’s sweetheart NObama)?
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:41:50 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(I've left Cynical City... bound for Jaded.)
To: Longstreet63
McCain should just say that he’ll contribute as well and they can have another, real town-hall debate.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:42:04 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(The MSM suffers from premature election)
To: Longstreet63
Exactly...they would have to offer McCain the same deal.
One million is not that much.
To: Longstreet63
Why such an expensive buy - if as Gallup says - the election is the bag for Obama. That makes no sense whatsoever - unless in fact, Obama is far behind!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:43:19 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Longstreet63
The typical half hour show will have 8 minutes of commercials to make revenue to cover the entire show. How much would it cost to buy 8 minutes of commercials nationally in prime time?
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:43:28 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The $700B bail out is giving parachutes to bankers while we must keep our seat belts on and shut up.)
To: Longstreet63
Yesterday they were saying estimates would be nearly 15-20 million for each network. WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED OVERNIGHT?
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:43:45 AM PDT
by
My Favorite Headache
(Forget the 3AM phone call. Obama can not even answer the phone at 3PM.)
To: Longstreet63
It will be in the middle of a possible Game 6 of the World Series. Maybe 20 people will watch Obama.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:44:19 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Longstreet63
McCain/Palin should buy the 8:30 to 9:00 time slot on the same nets. Answer the lies.
To: goldstategop
Why such an expensive buy - if as Gallup says - the election is the bag for Obama. That makes no sense whatsoever - unless in fact, Obama is far behind! Unlike a regular advertising campaign where if you save money it goes to the bottom line, a political campaign can't just keep the cash for future advertising after the election. They probably just saw that they had more money than they were going to spend in the last 3.5 weeks at the current burn rate.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:45:36 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The $700B bail out is giving parachutes to bankers while we must keep our seat belts on and shut up.)
To: Longstreet63
Next headline:
Networks Give Obama “Sweetheart” Deal.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:45:54 AM PDT
by
mojito
To: KarlInOhio
well, it is the two deadest channels.....but this is a sweetheart deal.....it should have been much more, but the real problem is getting ANYONE to watchthe bomb for that long
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:46:17 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(DemonRATS: enemies of America)
To: Nervous Tick
If he wins, look forward to 24/7 Zero TV pontifications, a la “Big Brother”.
You won’t be able to turn him off.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:46:42 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Blue Oyster Cult is the soundtrack to the Revolution.)
To: Longstreet63
I hope McCain/Palin will do the same! This would be money well spent!
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:46:49 AM PDT
by
ChicagoT
(God bless McCain/Palin)
To: Sgt_Schultze
I bet Palin could MAKE MONEY selling commercial time for a half-hour show featuring her
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:47:14 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: Nervous Tick
they have to, by law, offer the same deal to McCain.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:47:43 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
( Real Men don't declare unplayable lies)
To: Longstreet63
I can already see the MSM headlines “Obama inspires America”.
He truly is a narcissist.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:48:55 AM PDT
by
babydubya1981
(Homeschooling Moms for McCain/Palin 08)
To: Longstreet63
I hope CBS/NBC goes down in flames ...
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:50:22 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: Longstreet63
I say they buy a half hour too. And then run the Best of Rev Wright - a prime time special.
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posted on
10/10/2008 10:53:25 AM PDT
by
nhwingut
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