Facebook ads on WGN

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From: Mark Anderson
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 02:06

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I listen to Cubs games on WGN and it seems like every game they go into 
some screed begging people to like them on Facebook.  It sounds so 
pathetic and desperate.  They claim to have 4600 likes, up from 4300 
from the last game they begged for likes.

I have noticed that both Garry Meier and Cubs radio announcers will just 
blurt an ad seemingly out of nowhere.  I suspect their pleads for 
Facebook likes is a paid advertisement by Facebook but there could be 
something in it for WGN in some other way I'm not aware of.  I heard 
somewhere that Facebook was making media buys in various markets.

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From: Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com>
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 22:06:02 -0400
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