Not So Pretty: MSN Quashes 'Pink' Push

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NEW YORK A blog campaign for MSN’s concert series has been scrapped amid concerns that some of the work was in poor taste.

Control Room, an independent company that produces on-demand concerts for MSN, had planned a banner push on celebrity blogs that gave passing reference to recent paparazzi photos of Britney Spears not wearing underwear.

“See the real Pink!” declared one ad, touting an upcoming MSN concert by the recording artist of that name. (Though the line could have been interpreted as the slang term for female genitalia.)

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