ABC has announced a partial list of advertisers for their upcoming Oscars telecast. The partial list is as follows: American Express, Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Cingular, General Motors, ING (a
financial-services group), J.C. Penney, Kodak, Mars, Mastercard, McDonald's, Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Pepsi, Salton (a manufacturer of small appliances), UPS
and Verizon. The telecast is scheduled for March 27.