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I often wonder how much revenue my hometown newspaper makes off online adds -- http://newspressnow.com http://newspressnow.com. When you first go to the site,
by wonderway 10y ago
I often wonder how much revenue my hometown newspaper makes off online adds -- http://newspressnow.com http://newspressnow.com.
When you first go to the site, a Credit Karma ad or Rite Aid ad popup appears (promoted by Kixer).
Close that and you see a site just overwhelmed by ads, some local. Then they have the "Sponsored Links" by Content.ad saying:
- "Cheaper and Stronger than Adderral"
- "Don't watch this video around you wife <insert photo of model>"
- "Fruits that fight diabetes"
- "Biblical solutions to weight loss"
The local owners of the newspaper, sold their cable company for $350 million which they had owned for 45 years (Cablevision->Suddenlink).
If an exceptionally wealthy local newspaper owner can't offer content in a reasonable way without egregious deceptive links, who can?
This type of behavior should be heavily criticized, especially by those who can afford to avoid it. Instead, it's considered business as usual.