Read more corporate sponsorship stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26389/corporate-sponsorship.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72671/microsoft-yanks-seth-macfarlane-sponsorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApparently, Microsoft just can’t handle a good Holocaust joke. After attending a taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show , the software giant has pulled its support, saying the content “was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show, a variety act from Seth MacFarlane...http://www.newser.com/story/72671/microsoft-yanks-seth-macfarlane-sponsorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72336/michael-jordans-son-could-cost-college-3m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jordan’s son wants to wear the shoes his dad made famous when he plays college basketball this season—but if he does, he could wind up costing the University of Central Florida $3 million. Marcus Jordan insists on wearing Nike Air Jordans, but UCF has a deal with adidas....http://www.newser.com/story/72336/michael-jordans-son-could-cost-college-3m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66105/nfl-toiletries-pg-signs-deal-for-10m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGood news for football fans: Now you can smell like your favorite player. In an odd corporate pairing, Procter & Gamble has signed a deal with the NFL to slap the league's logo on its toiletries and call them an "Official Locker Room Product of the NFL," the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/66105/nfl-toiletries-pg-signs-deal-for-10m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 20:48:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65621/brother-can-you-save-a-park.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCash-strapped California parks are searching for private money to cope with the state's sweeping budget cuts, the Los Angeles Times reports. Up to 100 of California's 279 state parks and beaches could be forced to close after Labor Day. Just 13 of them make enough money to survive without state...http://www.newser.com/story/65621/brother-can-you-save-a-park.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 2:35:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64355/colleges-hope-to-cash-in-on-naming-rights-for-classes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith schools hit hard by the recession, some are considering new ways to pull in cash. One idea: corporate sponsorship for classes, Time reports. City College of San Francisco may sell naming rights to 800 classes that might otherwise disappear. College officials have mixed feelings, with some put off but...http://www.newser.com/story/64355/colleges-hope-to-cash-in-on-naming-rights-for-classes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 12:49:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61451/if-danica-moves-to-nascar-buckle-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Danica Patrick switches gears from open-wheel racing to NASCAR, she could provide a much-needed boost to the recession-scarred circuit, experts tell Advertising Age. “Every TV rating for every race will increase” if Patrick makes the shift, says a sports marketing exec. Track attendance would rise, and women’s interest in...http://www.newser.com/story/61451/if-danica-moves-to-nascar-buckle-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 11:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54332/palin-gets-ethics-complaint-for-wearing-sponsors-gear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin has been accused of another ethics violation, this time for wearing gear made by the company that sponsors her husband’s snow-machine adventure, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The governor supported Todd at the annual Iron Dog race in an outfit from Arctic Cat, which gave the snowmobiler sponsorship...http://www.newser.com/story/54332/palin-gets-ethics-complaint-for-wearing-sponsors-gear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52055/outrage-over-banks-golf-tourney-is-misplaced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Golf, with its traditional fat-cat image, is an easy target for abuse, some of it deserved,” John Paul Newport writes in the Wall Street Journal . But the recent hubbub over Northern Trust’s sponsorship of a PGA tourney—that bank received $1.6 billion in TARP funds—threatens “effective business practices”...http://www.newser.com/story/52055/outrage-over-banks-golf-tourney-is-misplaced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Feb 2009 15:27:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51616/scorn-bubbles-over-venice-coke-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mayor of Venice has cut a $2.1 million deal with Coca-Cola to install dozens of vending machines, leading to angry charges that the company was "buying" the historic lagoon city. The city council has spent years passing ordinances to keep tourists from disrupting Venice's heritage, but in recent...http://www.newser.com/story/51616/scorn-bubbles-over-venice-coke-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 7:17:17 CST