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Approved for Super Bowl — GoDaddy ad

GoDaddy’s 14th ad submission has been accepted by ABC.

GoDaddy has by now received more attention for its Super Bowl ad struggle this year than it will likely get from running the actual commercial, but alas ABC has accepted the latest GoDaddy ad submission.

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons sent out an email today with the following note:

“Why January eNews in February? We were waiting for some exciting news and wanted you to be the first to know: We’re thrilled to announce that we WILL be advertising in Super Bowl® XL. Following 14 revisions and weeks of

intense negotiations, the ABC Television network today gave its approval for us to broadcast a “GoDaddy-Esque” commercial in the big game.

The showdown with ABC went down to the wire. We were regarding out of time and had produced our 14th and final attempt.”

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