Circuit City Gets Mad, Then Reverses on Magazine
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Circuit City is returning Mad Magazine to its newsstands after a report Sunday disclosed the electronics chain store ordered all copies of this month’s issue to be destroyed because it included an unflattering parody.
An official in Circuit City’s corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va., was upset that the magazine’s August 2008 issue features a four-page advertisement for “Sucker City” that contains a logo similar to that of Circuit City, according to a spokesman for the company. The fake ad pokes fun at high prices, the breaking of promises found in advertisements, and the employees who save sold-out merchandise for friends.
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