Posted on 07/30/2011 4:03:41 AM PDT by jimbo123
Chalk up two more gut- punches for Oprah Winfrey and her staggering OWN cable network.
Following news that Jenny McCarthy has taken her planned Harpo-produced talk show elsewhere -- possibly to NBC -- comes word that oprah.com, Winfrey's main contribution to OWN, has lost half its readership since "Oprah" left the air in May.
Oprah.com, which Winfrey gave to Discovery Communications as her half of their partnership in starting OWN, was down nearly 50 percent in site visits last month, according to siteanalytics.compete.com.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Oprah advertiser boycott list:
http://stopobamanowsd.wordpress.com/oprahs-advertisers/
* American Advisers’ Group – Reverse
Aaron’s Stores
* Albertson’s Grocery Stores
* Allstate Insurance
Ancestry.Com
* Bailey’s Coffee Creamers
* Blue Tax
* Cimbalta (Lilly)
* Clorox Cleaning Products
* DampRid
* Discover Card
* Empire Stores
Explore Branson (1-877-Branson)
* Go Daddy Domain Names
* Goof Off Stain Remover
* Hefty Garbage Bags / Plastic Products
Hologic Novasure
I-Flex – Glucosamine
* IKEA (Home Furnishings)
* Interim Healthcare
Jenny Craig Weight Loss Plans
* Keller On-line University
* Lenscrafters
* Lowes Home Improvement
Motel 6
* Nutragena Skin Care Products
* Oxy Clean
* Pajama
* Playtex Bras (Hanes)
* Prilosec Antacid
* Pur Water Filtration
* Quinn (a book) by Iris Johansen
* Schiff MegaRed Fish Oil
* Sensa Weight Loss System
* Stanley Steamer
* Sitter City – Babysitters and Nannies
* State Farm
* Swiss America Trading (Gold)
Walmart Stores
LONG-TERM (CONTRACT) ADVERTISERS
These companies are thought to be contract advertisers, who run their ads over an extended time, a year or multiple years. They may have ads running under multiple brand names and are generally the larger companies and will be more difficult to impact. These are the main boycott targets. Please contact about the boycott then AND avoid buying their products.
* 3M Company
Brand Names:
Nexcare
Scotch tapes
* Amerifit Brands
Brand Names:
AZO
Brainstrong
Culturelle
Estroven
* Blue Bunny Ice Cream
* Chase Credit Cards
* Clairol
Brand Names:
Nice’n Easy
Perfect 10
Root Touch-up
Natural Instincts
* Dell Computers
* CHATTEM
Brand Names:
Allegra
Cortizone 10
Gold Bond Foot Cream
* General Motors
Brand Names:
Buick
Cadillac
Chevrolet
GMC
* Infinity Automobiles
* Johnson & Johnson
Brand Names:
Acuvue
Aveeno Moisterizers
Listerene
Stayfree Pads (McNeil-PPC)
Tylenol (McNeil-PPC)
Vagasil (McNeil-PPC)
One Touch
* Hershey’s
Brand Names:
Almond Joy
Hershey’s Bliss
Hershey’s Kisses
Ice Breakers
Kit Kat
Reese’s
Twizzlers
* Kellog’s
Brand Names:
Austin
Carr’s
Cheez-it
Famous Amos
Keebler
Kellogs
Morning Star
Murray Sugar Free
Swiffer
Worthington Veggie Foods
* Kimberly-Clark
Brand Names:
Cottonelle
Depend
GoodNites
Huggies
Little Swimmers
Kleenex
Kotex
Poise Leakage Control
Pull-Ups
Scott
VIVA
* Kohl’s Department Stores
* Nestle
Brand Names:
Carnation
Lean Cuisine
Stouffers
Purina Puppy Chow
* Nissan Automobiles
* Oral B Dental Products
* Proctor & Gamble (P&G is the largest advertiser.)
Brand Names:
All (detergent)
Febreze
Fusion
Always
Braun
Bounty
Charmin
Crest
Downy/Lenor
Gillette
IAMS
Olay
Pampers
Pantene
Tide
Wella
* Reckitt Benckiser Group
Brand Names:
French’s (Mustard, etc.)
Woolite
* SC Johnson & Son
Brand Names:
Pledge
Mr. Muscle
Off Insect Repellent
Glade
Raid
Baygon
Duck
Ziplock
Windex
Scrubbing Bubbles
* Target Stores
* Toyota Automobiles
* Weightwatchers Online
(Last updated July 27, 2011)
And Oprah was the smart one getting out of Rev Wrights congregation years before the Democrat’s candidate parted with Wright...
It’s not a bad channel, I just don’t think they are doing a good job of getting their value proposition out there.
That’s, not a bad channel for chicks.
Mostly, I wouldn’t watch it.
If she had been less political she might be more successful now. As Laura Ingraham said, “Shut up and sing.”
Cheer up . I saw a blurb yesterday..
Rosie O’Donnell is going to have a show on OWN.
Oh Boy!
About 90% of those I wasn’t going to buy, patronize, support or use anyway.
Is it really a boycott if you were never going to buy their crap in the first place? :P
“Rosie O’Donnell is going to have a show on OWN.”
Wow. Add Rosie O’Donnell to the lineup. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. She’s such an attractive person and personality; everyone will want to tune in. /s/
Many Americans can’t afford that crap anymore; still more have ‘gone Galt’.
Over the past decade of her career, Ms. Winfrey has proven quite adept at earning tons of cash while delivering less-than-impressive results.
As I’ve noted in previous posts, one reason she bailed on her broadcast talk show is because her ratings were down significantly; Judge Judy had long since replaced her as the “Queen of Daytime TV” and there was no way her syndicator (King World) was going to open up the bank vault again. True, her program was in no danger of cancellation, but any future broadcast deals would not match the ransom she’d been earning in recent years.
So, she took her act to cable, and Discovery elected to pony up. One thing I’m curious about: what sort of compensation is Discovery having to offer because OWN isn’t meeting projected ratings. Advertisers bought commercial time on the network with a promise of so many viewers, in total and in the desired demographic. Since Oprah isn’t hitting her target, Discovery will be forced to cut their ad rates and compensate advertisers who paid the original, premium price.
Here’s another prediction I’ve offered before and I’ll say it again: Oprah will be back on broadcast TV (or retired) by 2015. OWN’s current business model is unsustainable, like the economic policies of her buddy Barack.
Not enough bad things can happen to her as far as I am concerned. Let her lose everything. She helped perpetrate the fraud that got this Kenyan Marxist elected and in turn, led to his near destruction of America as we know it. Just seems like it’s time this pig feels the financial blows the rest of America has felt since losing it’s mind and electing this POS Marxist moron. Kharma’s a b*tch, but Oprah so richly deserves all the bad coming her way these days.
Pretty much sums it up.
I'm with suzanne malveaux's death wish for Clarence Thomas on this one; fed oprah bacon and greasy eggs till her arteries clog and she goes face down in the hash browns.
Typical liberal bitch.
LOL! Yeah, that’s a sure fire winner.
I’m in the Network TV business, and believe me when I say that just one well-written email to an advertiser is far more effective than 1,000 people boycotting. Companies have many choices and ever tighter ad $$. Go directly to the Director of Marketing and give them a chance to gather data and make a far better informed position. You might be amazed how powerful just one single letter can be!
Jimbo, Jeremiah Wright said in his history of the Trinity sect, that the members thought Oprah was rich enough to pay for everything and quite tithing. That’s is more likely why she left Wright’s church.
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