Groupon Admits Mistake, Pulls Tibet Ad

It looks like the story of Groupon's offensive Super Bowl ad campaign has come to a close. Groupon is pulling the controversial ad, along with the other commercials from the campaign.

It looks like the story of Groupon’s offensive Super Bowl ad campaign has come to a close. Groupon is pulling the controversial ad, along with the other commercials from the campaign. Company CEO Andrew Mason said, “We thought we were poking fun at ourselves, but clearly the execution was off and the joke didn’t come through.”

Earlier this week on the Groupon blog the company said, “Since we grew out of a collective action and philanthropy site (ThePoint.com)

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