Fox News and Glenn Beck Losing Advertisers

Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel on Monday after a vacation with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist.

A total of 33 Fox advertisers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint, directed that their commercials not air on Beck's show, according to the companies and ColorofChange.org, a group that promotes political action among blacks and launched a campaign to get advertisers to abandon him. That's more than a dozen more than were identified a week ago.

While it's unclear what effect, if any, this will ultimately have on Fox and Beck, it is already making advertisers skittish about hawking their wares within the most opinionated cable TV shows.

The Clorox Co., a former Beck advertiser, now says that "we do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts." The maker of bleach and household cleaners said in a statement that it has decided not to advertise on political talk shows.

 

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Usher Is Officially a Free Man

Singer Usher Raymond is officially back to being a bachelor.

BV Buzz has learned exclusively that the 30-year-old singer's divorce from his wife Tameka Foster has been finalized and an agreement was reached in pre-court settlement.

The camps aren't talking now – likely preparing to give an exclusive to a media outlet like People magazine – but I hear an official announcement should drop soon.

A rep for the singer did not answer a detailed request for comment.

Foster's publicist refuses to issue statements to BV Buzz anymore.

"In the future please don't bother us again for direct quotes or responses from Tameka," a one-named flack named Melody e-mailed last week.

Usher is currently in Paris, France celebrating the end to the two-year marriage.

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LaToya Jackson Set to Guest Host “The View”

Seems like ever since her brother died back in June, LaToya Jackson,  has constantly been in the public eye.  LaToya will be filling in for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is currently pregnant, on “The View”.  LaToya will be guest hosting the show on September 16th and September 18th, and I am sure this will be interesting.