McDonald’s Yanks Ads From Tonight’s Clippers Game
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The controversy surrounding L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s allegedly racist remark is now spreading beyond the team.
McDonald’s, the nations’ largest fast food chain by sales, said that it will yank its planned advertising from the national telecast of tonight’s Game 5 of the NBA Playoff series between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors on TNT.
“While we are not team sponsors, we are currently suspending all advertising associated with the L.A. Clippers until the NBA issues the results of their investigation,” said Max Gallegos, a marketing director for McDonald’s. New NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is expected to present the findings of the league’s investigation of Mr. Sterling during a press conference Tuesday afternoon in New York at 2 p.m. Sources expect Mr. Silver to suspend Mr. Sterling for months, maybe over a year, and levy heavy fines as well.
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