November 25, 2024
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Hannaford pulls ads from TV over breach

PORTLAND – The Hannaford supermarket chain says it’s pulling advertising from WGME-TV.

The Scarborough-based company said it’s doing that for what it calls “aggressive” reporting of a security breach that put the credit and debit card information of millions of consumers at risk.

WGME said it asked Hannaford if its coverage included any factual errors, but Hannaford only said the coverage has been too “aggressive.” The station said it made several attempts to ask Hannaford for more information but got no response.

News 13 General Manager Terry Cole said all of the station’s news decisions are made independently of its sales efforts.


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