List of current Bill O'Reilly advertisers

April 4, 2017 8:05 AM

People who are horrified by news that Bill O'Reilly remains in his highly paid job after Fox has paid off the women he has harassed need a list of the companies currently advertising on the O'Reilly Factor to shame them into removing their financial support for his show. Does anyone have access the the list?
posted by grahahw to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

The NYTimes is reporting that Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai have already pulled advertising from O'Reilly's show.
posted by John Borrowman at 8:12 AM on April 4, 2017 [4 favorites]

Judd Legum is currently tweeting a list of the advertisers. The thread starts here. Note also that the three that dropped O'Reilly so far only reallocated their ads to other shows on Fox News, so the network is still not being held responsible.
posted by melissasaurus at 8:13 AM on April 4, 2017 [3 favorites]

Follow @slpng_giants on Twitter or Facebook
posted by Lyn Never at 9:05 AM on April 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

The latest issue of Brian Stetler's Reliable Sources sez:

Ad boycott? Here's a reality check
Brian Lowry emails: It's going to take an awful lot of sponsors getting cold feet to put a serious dent in "The O’Reilly Factor" and Fox News' revenue. Historically, advertisers pull their spots, then quietly return when the heat blows over. The larger problem for Fox is less financial than about public relations, and the fact that its attempt to put sexual-harassment stories in the rear-view mirror with Ailes’ departure has failed amid the drip-drip-drip of new allegations...
posted by My Dad at 9:14 AM on April 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

@slpng_giants are also pretty responsive via Twitter. If you ask them, they'll be able to tell you if they have this information. I think it's likely that they already do or are planning to collect it.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 1:59 PM on April 4, 2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-oreilly-advertisers-remaining
posted by dmo at 3:30 AM on April 5, 2017