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SNL Sold Out, Got $3 Mil for Pepsi Placement in MacGruber
SNL Sold Out, Got $3 Mil for Pepsi Placement in MacGruber
AgencySpy has learned that Pepsi Co. paid SNL $3 million to have the Pepsi brand placed in SNL's MacGruber sketch. According to a high-level source, Pepsi and Arnell Group met with SNL's Lorne Michaels to make the deal happen. We're told the buy was solely for the product placement, ...
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Bill Keller: Print is Not Dead! [Media Crack]
Gawker — ... Agency Spy says Saturday Night Live got paid $3 million to license its MacGruber character for that Pepsi Super Bowl ad last night. That's the price of buying a full ad. Just saying. ...

Pepsi Makes MacGruber a Millionaire Three Times Over
Vulture — ... Wondering how much SNL got paid to license its MacGruber character to Pepsi? $3 million. Here's hoping most of it got direct-deposited into Will Forte's bank account. [ ...

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