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While executives at The Washington Post knew buying the company its first spot in the Super Bowl with less than a week to prepare would be a “risk,” WaPo publisher and CEO Fred Ryan said Monday they’re “thrilled” they decided to go through with it.
The 60-second ad aired in the fourth quarter and highlighted major events, like the Selma March and the moon landing, before showing the names of journalists killed in the line of duty, including WaPo’s own columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October while visiting the Saudi Arabian consulate.
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