Advertisers Reckon With a Culture of Fear as Jimmy Kimmel Pulled Off Air

ABC’s resolution to tug Jimmy Kimmel Stay! over the host’s feedback on the capturing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has develop into the newest flashpoint within the U.S. tradition wars, however advertisers are sitting this one out.Late-night heavyweights together with Stephen Colbert and David Letterman have rushed to the protection of Kimmel, and free speech itself, whereas President Trump has reveled within the information. Nonetheless, as noise from Hollywood and Washington grows louder, the entrepreneurs and media consumers who bankroll late evening are staying quiet, mapping out their steps in an America the place FCC oversight looms giant.ADWEEK contacted seven prime manufacturers that often promote round Jimmy Kimmel Stay, however on the time of writing none had responded.