Goddess146 | Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 10:53 am     November 12, 2002 DRAFT – 1:30 PM PST The Nautilus Group Prepared Statement in Response to Comments Made by Bill O’Reilly, Fox Broadcasting on the Placement of a Nautilus Group Ad on the VH-1 Program, “Music Behind Bars.” Statement: The Nautilus Group sincerely apologizes to those people who were offended by the placement of our advertisement on the VH-1 program, “Music Behind Bars.” The placement of the Nautilus Group advertisement that aired during this program is by NO means an endorsement of the program, and The Nautilus Group is NOT a sponsor of the program. The Nautilus Group does NOT support VH-1’s “Music Behind Bars” program. As a direct response advertiser, we take the airtime that the networks allow us to purchase. One of our practices is to purchase blocks of times in which to run advertisements. In this specific instance, we did not have direct control on which channel the advertisement aired, or during which program the advertisement aired. Effective immediately, The Nautilus Group has stopped advertising on VH-1’s “Music Behind Bars” program, and we sincerely apologize to those people who were offended by the program. |