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External Since: Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 2

On Feb 5, 10:15 pm, Barbara Bailey <rabrab... RemoveThis @yayhu.comm> wrote:
> "Francis A. Miniter" <mini... RemoveThis @attglobalZZ.net> wrote innews:47a92e48@kcnews01:
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> > Kris Baker wrote:
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> >> "Willow Arune" <panga... RemoveThis @telus.net> wrote in message
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> >>> Being way up north, it is difficult to get books signed and it would
> >>> be impossible to send the books out due to costs.
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> >>> So I always send out bookplates, recognizing the limitations. I
> >>> find flat-signing boring and thus always ask the writers to add
> >>> whatever bit of whimsy they feel like and many do.
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> >>> As to Imus, having never heard his program I can only say that if
> >>> someone is paid to give a commercial message, they owe the sponsor
> >>> a duty to present that commercial in a positive manner. From what
> >>> has been written, I think Imus failed to do that - indeed, he mocked
> >>> the advertiser. He simply failed in his duty to his customer. That
> >>> speaks of an ego bigger than a barn. He should be held accountable.
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> >>> Willow
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> >> Any advertiser who picks Imus to push his product, knows what
> >> he's going to get.
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> > What confuses me is that contracts for advertising are usually with
> > radio stations or radio networks. Contracts for endorsements are with
> > personalities.
> > This sounds more like an advertising contract with the radio
> > station/network,
> > and Imus flipped it. If it were a contract of endorsement, one would
> > not expect an outright, on-air breach that gets taped for later use in
> > a trial.
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> > Francis A. Miniter
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> From my experience in radio (on-air and in the office) if an advertiser
> wants to specify that one particular air personality does their ads,
> they get to. They may have to pay a premium for someone with the "star
> power" of an Imus or Howard Stern, but the advertiser can certainly make
> it a condition of the purchase if they're willing to pay for it. They
> can also specify that the ads are to be read live, not taped. Imus, on
> the other hand, may have a clause in his contract that says he doesn't
> have to read anything verbatim. If that's the case, then either the
> radio ad salesman didn't tell Flattie about it, (that means the station
> is at fault) or Flattie knew about it and went through with the buy
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We worked on many drafts, back and forth, until both sides agreed on
what the exact script would be and Imus was comfortable with according
to his people. Then he went off script, was reprimanded after the
first day, said he would do better, got worse the second day and went
off script again, was reprimanded a second time and then on the third
day, again went off script. This after we had agreed on an exact
wording of an approved script for which I paid thousands of dollars
for. Imus' people and Imus himself tells the world that he has great
influence in the book-world. That is why I paid thousands to have the
spots read on his show. I paid less for a lesser name a couple of
weeks prior and sold tens of thousands of dollars in product. After
Imus I got triple the website hits but almost zero sales; not zero
additional sales but my entire sales went almost to zero. Imus does/
did have great impact and he cost me millions.
Best,
Tim Miler
"Flatty"

External Since: May 24, 2007 Posts: 56

On Feb 7, 3:07 am, flatsig... RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:
> Imus does/
> did have great impact and he cost me millions.

It's all well and good to come here and blow off steam and bullshit
about your "millions" in lost sales (hah!) but when and IF your case
ever makes it to court, you are going to have to prove your alleged
loss. And no, your word is not good enough.