Jon Stewart absent from new MPA ads

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Who needs Jon Stewart, anyway? The Magazine Publishers of America, which paid handsomely to be insulted by the Daily Show host back in September, is rolling out new ads from Mullen to convince people that magazines are, in fact, relevant, and darn it, they don’t belong at the kids’ table. The ads are made to look like a page has been torn out of the magazine. The one here (click on it for a larger version) says, “Maybe someone just saw the latest installment of their favorite brand’s ongoing campaign and just had to share it with someone.”

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