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February 7, 2005 11:50 AM PST

Napster's Super Bowl fiasco

USA Today:How Ad Meter focus groups ranked the ads

So it wasn't just me. Most of America agreed that Napster's Super Bowl ad was a stinkeroo. Ad Meter focus groups ranked the spot among the least popular shown during Sunday's game. Not the sort of splash a start-up wants to make on national television. I'll be charitable but what was going through management's collective mind when it gave the OK to underwrite this lemon? At $2.4 million for each 30 seconds, there have to be less expensive ways to waste the company's money. After all, we haven't turned back the clock to 1999. Or have we? Meanwhile, I want to hear your opinion. Which Super Bowl ads were memorable, forgettable?

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