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Eugene

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3. Hulu political ads: Streaming giant reverses stance, updates ad policy

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2022, 02:15 PM

Jul 2022

Hulu political ads: Streaming giant reverses stance, updates ad policy (MarketWatch)

Streaming giant Hulu says it will start running political ads on its platform, reversing an earlier decision to block some ads that angered many Democrats.

“After a thorough review of ad policies across its linear networks and streaming platforms over the last few months, Disney is now aligning Hulu’s political advertising policies to be consistent with the Company’s general entertainment and sports cable networks and ESPN+,” Disney said in a statement to Axios on Wednesday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/democrats-blast-hulus-refusal-to-run-certain-ads-as-censorship-of-the-truth-11658857338

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Disney co-owned Hulu bans ads on Climate, Abortion, & Guns undercutting Democrats' 2022 themes [View all] cbabe Jul 2022 OP

Their service is awful. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #1

I'm declaring a nationwide boycott of Hulu... all are welcome to join. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2022 #2

Hulu political ads: Streaming giant reverses stance, updates ad policy Eugene Jul 2022 #3

Good move. Thanks for this. cbabe Jul 2022 #4