NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino Says Some NFL Advertisers Are Threatening to Pull Out Over Protest Coverage

She’s also holding an industry summit to address measurement and monetization issues

"I do think it has impacted the ratings" this season, said Linda Yaccarino of the NFL national anthem protests. Getty Images

While advertisers are sticking by the NFL games this season, they have made it clear to at least one network that they might pull out if coverage of national anthem protests continues.

@jasonlynch jason.lynch@adweek.com Jason Lynch is TV Editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.
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