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In June 2016, a web site mimicking Woman's Health magazine published an advertisement disguised as a news article reporting that comedienne Ellen DeGeneres would be leaving her popular daytime television talk show to sell skin care products: Although the advertisement was hosted by the YourHealthyLiving.co domain, its text appeared under a Women's Health banner, making it appear to readers that the magazine's web site had vetted and reported a story containing that information: A nearly identical ruse was published using the domain before-bed-beauty.com, only that version employed a banner for People magazine to trick readers into believing it had been genuinely reported that Ellen was leaving her show to sell skin care products: None of the reports is true. These web sites, which are not affiliated with People or Women's Health, are using false advertising to promote their products by promulgating a false story attached to Ellen Degeneres' name. In addition to offering conflicting information (one ad claims that Ellen is leaving in May, while other states November), neither Ellen nor NBC has made any statements regarding her show's cancellation. In fact, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations announced in January 2016 that the Ellen DeGeneres Show had been renewed through 2020:
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