This may cheer you up — Rush Limbaugh is costing Cumulus Media millions of dollars.
Cumulus Media today reported a $2.4 million first-quarter decline in revenue related to talk programming, a loss that CEO Lew Dickey attributed, indirectly, to Limbaugh’s controversial remarks about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke.
The earnings call came one day after POLITICO reported that Limbaugh was considering ending his affiliation agreement with Cumulus because he was frustrated with Dickey for blaming him for advertising losses.
Yet when asked about the Limbaugh on today’s earnings call, Dickey again suggested that Limbaugh’s remarks about Fluke played a significant role in the company’s revenue decline.
“We’ve had a tough go of it the last year,” Dickey said. “The facts are indisputable regarding the impact certain things have had on ad dollars.”
Mediaite’s own sources confirm that the ad troubles in connection with Limbaugh’s show are, indeed, severe. In fact, one source within the radio advertising world with direct knowledge of the ad buys on Limbaugh’s show confirms the extent of the problem: “The vast majority of national advertisers now refuse to air their ads during Rush Limbaugh’s show,†our source tells us.
People close to Cumulus tell Radio Ink, “48 of the top 50 network advertisers have “exclude Rush and Hannity†orders. Every major national ad agency has same dictate.”
Enjoy.
Well, as for Sturmfront Media, what do you expect?
When you make money by lying around with pigs like Rushbo the Hutt, and Uni-brow, you can’t be surprised when you start to lose money because you caught the Swine Flu!
Since it never even remotely stood for ‘Excellence In Broadcasting,” “EIB” can now stand for Excess Invites Bankruptcy!
Rushbo, maybe it’s time for another vacation!
Get some friend to give you his V*agra prescription, and fly-off with your remaining pals to some boy-schtupping paradise in the Caribee’s!
Surf ‘n’ Tails, UP!!!
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of folks.it serves cumulus right. I feel zero pity for them. For the crap they have inflicted on the entire audience they deserve to go out of business, not just lose a little spare change. To assume they are any better than the likes of limpbo or insannity is foolish.They are the colon from which the crap falls.
I love how Rush is “frustrated with Dickey for blaming him for advertising losses.” After all, Rush doesn’t run 48 of the top 50 advertisers, so he obviously wasn’t the one who issued the “exclude Rush and Hannity” orders.
I’m glad to see that blowhard taken down a peg in any respect. Unfortunately there’s always an army of simpletons who’ll keep him afloat. Even if he was booted off the air for lack of sponsors it still wouldn’t humble him.. He’s just an obnoxious bag of shit.
Maha, I see that you’ve added spell check to the comment section. I suppose now I’ll have to change my handle to: The new and improved Swami
Spell check….oh I didn’t get spell check..I need spell check! ( i don’t need to tell ya’ll that do I ?)
Justme.. You didn’t get spellcheck? Do you have sin in your life? I assumed Maha added it, but maybe Jesus gave it to me for being good. You know what they say. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all things will be added unto you..
Spel chek?
To absolutely no surprise to me, Sanford won the Congressional election in SC with 54% of the vote.
http://news.msn.com/us/ex-sc-gov-sanford-wins-election-for-seat-in-congress?ocid=ansnews11
Jesus forgave his cheatin’ ways – and so did 54% of the rubes in SC.
PS: Don’t try this cheatin’ and whorin’ stuff if you’re a Democrat.
The only thing I thought that might cause Sanford to lose this race, was that he didn’t cheat on his wife with an American woman, but instead, an Argentinian one.
But, now I suspect I have a clue as to why salsa is outselling catsup as a condiment.
Glad to see that Hannity is starting to get lumped in with Rush. Same crap, different colon.
buckeyblue,
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO stealing that one!!!
Rush is the dinosaur trapped in the tar pits.