Subway Emails Writers To Include Sponsor In Little League World Series Stories

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Aug 21, 2014

Subway boasts many prominent athletes as spokespeople, including speed skater Apolo Ohno and baseball player Mike Trout, but the sandwich chain might need a refresher on how sponsorship works.

After hosting a media availability segment with Ryan Howard at the Little League World Series on Thursday, Subway’s public relations department went into overdrive. A rep for the company began emailing reporters who failed to mention Subway in their stories, using the subject line “EDIT NEEDED,” according to reporters who said they received the emails.

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There’s also this, which could not be independently confirmed:

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Just a hunch, but we’re guessing none of the reporters who received those emails actually followed suit. In fact, a few probably even worked in Quizno’s references out of spite.

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