
Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media is
following other major advertisers including Apple, Disney and Lionsgate, suspending an ad campaign just one month after announcing an exclusive partnership with the Elon Musk-led
platform, which continues to harbor and perpetuate antisemitic content.
“11:11 Media made the decision to immediately pull the
campaign from the platform,” Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media’s president and chief operating officer, told CNN on Tuesday.
X’s two-year deal with Hilton’s media
company marked a step forward for the platform in terms of live shopping, with a campaign that utilized emerging X features like live video and X Spaces, allowing users to watch a livestream, chat
with other viewers and shop at the same time.
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The deal, which X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino had described as a
“new era” for the platform, reportedly established a revenue-sharing agreement between X and 11:11 Media as well.
Hilton’s media company is joining some of X’s biggest ad spenders that have expressed concern over the likelihood that their ads will run alongside hate speech
and antisemitic content, causing damage to their brand reputation.
After the watchdog group Media Matters
for America released a report this week that showed X running ads next to hateful content, Musk sued the nonprofit for defamation, alleging that Media Matters for America manipulated X’s
algorithm to drive advertisers away.
The lawsuit comes after Musk publicly endorsed a post on X that blamed
Jewish communities for pushing “hatred against Whites.” Musk said he was just promoting free speech, which he describes in the filing.
It is
unclear whether 11:11 Media’s campaign suspension will also lead to the end of Hilton’s partnership with X.
The pop culture icon has remained active on X, posting clips from her recent trip to Las Vegas as well as branded content advertising Black Friday deals for Hilton’s fragrance
company.
Last month, Insider Intelligence estimated that X was on a 54.4% year-over-year decline in global
ad spending, dropping to $1.89 billion in advertising revenue for all of 2023. In 2022, advertising revenue was $4.12 billion.