GoDaddy.com(R) Issues Statement Concerning Super Bowl Commercial
Well, if negotiating with ABC doesn't get you what you want, take it to the public. That's just what GoDaddy has done here. They have basically issued a PR tattle-tailing on ABC and trying to brow-beat them into caving in and allowing their commercials to air. I say LET ER RIP! Come on ABC, if you can have Janet Jackson's boob on national TV, how bad can a GoDaddy.com commercial be?
[ via PR Newswire ]
GoDaddy.com(R) Issues Statement Concerning Super Bowl Commercial:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy.com(R), the world's No. 1 Internet domain name registrar -- and the advertiser censored in last year's Super Bowl commercial controversy -- today issued the following statement at a news conference by Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com founder and president.
"Last year's GoDaddy.com(R) Super Bowl commercial was a runaway success. We want to be in the Super Bowl again this year. We have agreed to buy a
Super Bowl commercial and are in contract negotiations with ABC television right now, but at this time the network has not yet approved the 'GoDaddy-esque' spots we submitted.
"It would be disappointing if the Super Bowl, which has long been known as the world's stage for the most innovative and cutting-edge advertisements,
lost its relevance for adventurous companies like GoDaddy.com. "GoDaddy.com is continuing to work with the ABC television network's 'Standards and Practices' division to reach agreement on the commercial's creative content.
"We hope censorship will not kill the creative edge that once accompanied Super Bowl commercials, especially those ads we would choose to run."
