Budweiser Sweeps Top Six Positions in America Online's Super Sunday AOL Ad Poll.Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004 More Than 1.6 Million Votes Cast on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R) and AOL.com(R) Services; "Donkey," "Sleigh Ride "Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestral piece written by Leroy Anderson on, ironically, a hot summer day in 1948; lyrics were written later by Mitchell Parish. It was first recorded in 1949 by Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra. " and "Dogs Fetching" Take Top Three Slots America Online See AOL. announced today that the Budweiser ad entitled "Donkey" is the winner of its Super Sunday The term Super Sunday may refer to the following
1. Budweiser - Donkey - 11% 2. Bud Light - Sleigh Ride - 11% 3. Bud Light - Dogs Fetching - 8% 4. Bud Light - Chimpanzee - 6% 5. Budweiser - Referee - 6% 6. Budweiser - Spa Treatment - 6% (Note: AOL poll results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those users who chose to participate. Voting ended as of 2:00 p.m. on February 2, 2004.) Other ads rounding out the list of top vote getters include: 7-Up "Delivery Truck" (5%), Chevrolet "Soap" (4%) Pepsi "Mountain Man" (4%), America Online "Motorcycle" (4%) and Frito Lay "Grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl " (4%). A selection of the ads will remain available for viewing on AOL and AOL.com services through Wednesday, February 4. "Congratulations to Budweiser for dominating this year's Super Sunday AOL Ad Poll," said Len Short, Executive Vice President of Brand Marketing, America Online. "With over one million tallied on AOL and AOL.com, the people have spoken -- nearly doubling last year's results and making it the largest among major polling providers for this year's commercials." Last year, AOL hosted a similar Super Bowl advertising showcase, with the Pepsi Twist Pepsi Twist is a lemon flavored cola, marketed by PepsiCo as an alternative to regular Pepsi. History Pepsi Twist was introduced in the United States in the summer of 2001. ad featuring the Osbournes declared the final winner. This year's results nearly doubled the 600,000 votes cast last year during the same 12 hour period. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner, Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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