AR-News: (US)Oscar Keeps a Tight Grip on Ads

[Animalconcerns]

NEW YORK  — Don't look for any flatulent horses or impotence cures during
commercial breaks at the Academy Awards.

The motion picture academy has an unusual hands-on policy to monitor
advertising during the Oscars, approving each commercial and enforcing a
strict set of rules regarding what can be shown.

It will be nothing like the raucous Super Bowl free-for-all. 
...
Although ABC grants an occasional wish to a star -- vegetarian Paul
McCartney didn't want hamburger ads during his music special -- the
network gives no one but the academy such power over its advertising, said
Geri Wang, ABC senior vice president for ad sales.

full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,112269,00.html

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