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Some anecdata from early 90s: I had a seemingly reputable newspaper(Santa Barbara News-Press) offer to write a human interest story (NOT marked as advertorial)
by sireat 8y ago
Some anecdata from early 90s:
I had a seemingly reputable newspaper(Santa Barbara News-Press) offer to write a human interest story (NOT marked as advertorial) about my small business in return for placing some regular advertising with them.
Being young and foolish I thought that was an ethical no no and declined.
From then on I noticed how often there was a link between advertising and coverage in media.
In Eastern Europe this is ridiculously apparent even in localized versions of US media such as Forbes/Nat Geo/etc etc.
Conclusion: this happens all the time everywhere, if you spend money at some media, you get some say.
Sure on occasion your money will be no good if your business becomes a hot potatoe issue.
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