Around 50% of clients have un-paused ads since the attack but are closely monitoring the news, ad agency execs say.
The inauguration has been a big ad buy in the past for companies like Google, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, and ad holding company IPG. Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy attends a dinner with the US president and business leaders in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 7, 2018.TV giants like Comcast, AT&T, Amazon, and Roku are facing criticism for spreading misinformation by airing conservative news networks Newsmax, Fox News, and One America News Network in the wake of the US Capitol attack, Claire and I report.
AT&T and Comcast could be seen as anticompetitive if they block the networks since they run competing networks, however. Others like Dish say they don't control the content that they distribute and want to give consumers choice.