Sean Duffy's Corporate-Funded "Great American Road Trip" Video Series Faces Delayed Launch
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
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Forbes reports that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's "Great American Road Trip" video series, funded by millions in corporate sponsorships, was originally scheduled to launch on YouTube in June but has been delayed. The series is now expected to release "in the coming weeks" according to Tori Barnes, executive director of the nonprofit running the project. Despite the delay past peak summer road trip months, sponsors who invested heavily are not publicly complaining. The article examines the controversy surrounding the project and the lack of transparency about the delay.
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· 3 pulledThe series will be released 'in the coming weeks,' Tori Barnes, executive director of the nonprofit running the project and a former auto and travel industry lobbyist, told Forbes in an email, while not revealing the reason for the delay.
Corporate sponsors spent millions on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's 'Great American Road Trip' video series, which was originally slated to air on YouTube in June but has yet to launch.
July through mid-August are the peak road trip months in the U.S., coinciding with school holidays.
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