Who invited TrimSpa to Live 8?

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Did anyone notice that one of the advertisers in regular rotation, at least in New York, during MTV/VH1’s broadcast of Live 8 was none other than TrimSpa? AdFreak is hoping that was a regional buy, not a national one. (And we’re guessing—praying, really—that it was a general MTV Networks buy and not specific to this event.) Still, it’s jaw-dropping, considering Live 8 was designed to rally support for the cause of ending poverty—and specifically, hunger—in Africa.

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