Posted: January 28th, 2012 | Author: Diana Detaux | Filed under: Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity News, SHOCKJOCK!, They Said What | Tags: A Night With The Stars, Alison Stephenson, American Express, Blackberry, Blackmores, Channel 7, Coles, Fantastic Furniture, Ford Australia, Harvey Norman, Holiday Inn, Kyle Sandilands, Lexus, Magda Szubanski, Radio Talkback Host, Seven Network, SHOCKJOCK!, Target, Telstra, The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Volkswagen | Comments Off
It might have taken an exodus of advertisers money to finally quiet Kyle Sandilands after what can only be described as a bipolar-rant. Sandilands’ November 2012 on-air rant against journalist Alison Stephenson didn’t get him permanently removed from any form of lens or microphone? It did cost radio network Austero a pretty penny though!
On-air last November, Sandilands branded Ms Stephenson “a fat bitter thing”, a “fat slag” and a “little troll” after she wrote an article critical of his Seven Network TV show A Night With The Stars. Sandilands threatened to “hunt down” the news.com.au journalist.
The enormous mouth of the kiwi radio personality has churned out some rubbish in it’s time. Sandilands has been pulled from the air more than once in his lackluster radio career, after several absolutely shameful acts: ”Magda Szubanski would lose more weight in a concentration camp” and then of course there was the moral high Sandilands reached when a 14 year old girl who he’d had hooked up to a lie detector revealed she was raped when she was 12. Read the full article »»»»
Posted: December 9th, 2011 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Celebrity News, Cult of Celebrity, SHOCKJOCK!, Socially Engineered, Standout, They Said What | Tags: A Night With The Stars, Alison Stephenson, American Express, Australian Idol, Blackberry, Blackmores, Channel 7, Coles, Fantastic Furniture, Ford Australia, Harvey Norman, Holiday Inn, Kyle Sandilands, Lexus, Magda Szubanski, Radio Talkback Host, Seven Network, SHOCKJOCK!, Target, Telstra, The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Volkswagen | Comments Off
It seems the exodus of money has finally quietened Kyle Sandilands? The enormous mouth of the kiwi radio personality has churned out some rubbish in it’s time.
Sandilands has been pulled from the air more than once in his lackluster radio career, after several absolutely shameful acts: ”Magda Szubanski would lose more weight in a concentration camp” and then of course there was the moral high Sandilands reached when a 14 year old girl who he’d had hooked up to a lie detector revealed she was raped when she was 12.
Sandilands latest on-air rant against journalist Alison Stephenson has perhaps woken the impresario? Read the full article »»»»
Posted: December 6th, 2011 | Author: M.Aaron Silverman | Filed under: SHOCKJOCK!, Socially Engineered, Standout, They Said What | Tags: A Night With The Stars, Alison Stephenson, American Express, Blackberry, Blackmores, Bunnings, Channel 7, Coles, Fantastic Furniture, Ford Australia, Harvey Norman, Holiday Inn, Kyle Sandilands, Lexus, Magda Szubanski, McDonalds, Radio Talkback Host, Seven Network, SHOCKJOCK!, Southern Cross Austereo, Target, Telstra, The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Vodafone, Volkswagen | Comments Off
It seems even without Sandilands around the exodus of money hasn’t slowed? That beast that is Kyle Sandilands, may be on his summer break, but it hasn’t stopped advertisers from extending their boycott of his breakfast radio show. In a new blow to Southern Cross Austereo, at least 15 major brands have pledged to not advertise on any of Sandilands’s programs in 2012. Some of big brand names including Coles, Bunnings, Vodafone, McDonald’s, Ford and Blackmores said their boycott of the 2Day FM host would extend into next year. The Sandilands debacle started after a female journalist wrote a review of Seven’s Kyle and Jackie O television show which aired on November 21. The following morning Sandilands launched into an on-air attack of the News Ltd journalist.
A statement released by Coles on the Change.org website on Tuesday said: “Our very clear position in relation to the offensive and inappropriate comments made by Kyle Sandilands remains that we are not and will not advertise on programs hosted by him.” Ford’s statement read: “Ford won’t be advertising with the Kyle & Jackie O show or other Austereo programs with which Kyle is involved (such as the Top 40, for example) at all going forward. Our action to withdraw that advertising was permanent.” The Change.org site started a petition after Sandilands’s on-air rant, which has now garnered more than 26,500 signatures.
RELATED: The Sandilands Exodus Continues
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Posted: November 25th, 2011 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Celebrity Gossip, Cult of Celebrity, SHOCKJOCK!, They Said What | Tags: A Night With The Stars, Alison Stephenson, American Express, Blackberry, Blackmores, Channel 7, Coles, Fantastic Furniture, Ford Australia, Harvey Norman, Holiday Inn, Kyle Sandilands, Lexus, Magda Szubanski, Radio Talkback Host, Seven Network, SHOCKJOCK!, Target, Telstra, The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Volkswagen | Comments Off
It seems even an exodus of money won’t quiet Kyle Sandilands? The enormous mouth of the kiwi radio personality has churned out some rubbish in it’s time. Sandilands was pulled from the air more than once in 2009 after one bad taste stunt turned into several absolutely shameful acts: ”Magda Szubanski would lose more weight in a concentration camp” and then of course there was the moral high Sandilands reached when a 14 year old girl who he’d had hooked up to a lie detector revealed she was raped when she was 12. Sandilands’ latest on-air rant against journalist Alison Stephenson will not likely get him permanently removed from any form of lens or microphone? It will cost Austero a pretty penny though!
On-air, Sandilands branded Ms Stephenson “a fat bitter thing”, a “fat slag” and a “little troll” after she wrote an article critical of his Seven Network TV show A Night With The Stars. Sandilands threatened to “hunt down” the news.com.au journalist.
While it’s little surprise that more high-profile companies are pulling advertising dollars from the Austereo network’s Kyle and Jackie O Show, it will however be a major surprise if Austereo’s lackluster management does much more than it’s usual 2 week suspension of the tiresome Sandilands. Having someone with moral fortitude or talent has never been a focus for Austereo, a shock jock without a thought, seems to be the future of inane radio.
Even as the dollars exodus continues, it’s unlikely we’ll ever be rid of the ranting Sandilands, the math is pretty simple, his shock sells! READ MORE
Posted: December 1st, 2010 | Author: M.Aaron Silverman | Filed under: Blip, Favorite New Thought . . ., News Update, Retail News, Shut the F_ck Up!, Socially Engineered, They Said What | Tags: Gerry Harvey, Harvey Norman, Melinda Reist, SmartCompany, socially engineered, They Said What | Comments Off
Businesses are being urged to monitor social media to avoid public relations disasters, after an incident over the weekend saw retail giant Harvey Norman sidestep a potential boycott by pulling a radio advertisement only four hours after backlash started appearing on Twitter.
James Griffin, who runs online reputation management group SR7, says the incident is an example of how businesses can use social media to their advantage by not only communicating and selling, but by stopping negative sentiment from swelling into larger problems.
“I think this could have easily spun out of control. But credit to Harvey Norman, they were quick to react through their Twitter account, and were quite active within a short amount of time and directly contacted the people involved who were unhappy and considering a boycott.”
The incident also comes as National Australia Bank has drawn praise from some customers, after it used social media over the past week to keep in direct contact with customers who were caught up in the bank’s accounting glitch that left millions without pay.
The entire Harvey Norman exchange is documented on activist Melinda Reist’s blog. Reist says she was sent a Facebook alert about the Harvey Norman advertisement, which reportedly promoted the ability to have in-store photos with Santa but used the line “Do you want to give Santa a lap dance?” READ MORE
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Posted: November 29th, 2010 | Author: M.Aaron Silverman | Filed under: General, Retail News | Tags: Gerry Harvey, Harvey Norman, Online Retail, Ruslan Kogan | Comments Off
Ruslan Kogan made a huge splash earlier this year when he got into a war of words with Gerry Harvey over pricing of consumer electronics. At the time, we decided not to cover the slanging match – it was perfect fodder for Today Tonight, but not so much Giz. But last week Gerry Harvey came out petitioning the government to start charging GST on all products purchased online from overseas. Hey Gerry, why don’t you move with the times, get online and STFU!?
Harvey was quoted as saying . . “Online people do not make any money,” says Mr Harvey. “The whole world was conned with online retailing. People say I’m a dinosaur, and I’ve had people coming to me with sites and saying, ‘Oh, look at this, they have 10,000 or 20,000 hits!’ – but it’s a con, a complete con.”
Over 57.9% of Christmas shoppers say they will use the internet to research and compare products, new Australian Retailers Association research says. But Harvey says online retailing is still “a waste of time”. God love his old ass . . .
