27 Advertisers Leave Village Voice Following Child Sex Ad Scandal

Posted: 5/4/2012  |  By: Zoe Fox | Mashable

Twenty-seven companies have pulled their ads from Village Voice Media, after an online petition called on advertisers to stop working with the publication.

Justin Wassel, an Ohio minister, launched a petition “Village Voice Advertisers: Pull Advertisement until Backpage.com Adult Section is Shut Down,” which has amassed more than 3,000 signatures.