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Slate's Ad Report Card: Steve Madden, Set Free

By Alex Chadwick
Published April 6, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor Seth Stevenson about a new series of ads for the Steve Madden shoe company. The ads promote company founder Steve Madden's upcoming release from federal penitentiary, where he's been imprisoned for almost three years for tax fraud.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.