• February 9, 2004

AT&T, DaimlerChrysler and Samsung Electronics have signed on as sponsors of CNN's America Votes 2004, the network's year-long election coverage. Sponsorship packages include CNN's coverage of the elections, from daily campaign news updates and key election programming to debates, conventions and Election Day in November. The AT&T and Samsung Electronics diversified marketing sponsorships will incorporate television, online and out of home across the breadth of the CNN brand, while the DaimlerChrysler partnership includes just CNN, Headline News and CNN.com. AT&T receives networking exclusivity; Samsung receives consumer electronics & wireless hardware exclusivity; and DaimlerChrysler receives domestic automotive exclusivity for two of its brands - Chrysler and Jeep.