Is this ‘banned’ Super Bowl spot a super PR stunt?
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While PR Daily has delved into photography tricks, we’ve largely avoided the topic of pornography tricks. Well that buck stops here, thanks to an allegedly “banned” Super Bowl spot from PornHub that may have tricked us all. Knowing full well that CBS would reject the video portal’s 20-second (already peculiar) ad because it fails to meet network standards, Business Insider threw a penalty PR flag, calling it one big stunt. In the mean time, the company continues raking in free press without having to shell out a single penny of the $4 million price tag that a 30-second ad would have cost it.
Here’s the spot, which is 100 percent SWF—too bad:
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