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The BBC is publicly funded and for years was very strict about no advertising or product placement in their output (which has relaxed somewhat in recent years b
by brigandish 6y ago
The BBC is publicly funded and for years was very strict about no advertising or product placement in their output (which has relaxed somewhat in recent years but it’s still there) so perhaps it’s because they don’t want the article to be seen as “newsvertising” (is there a special term for this?)
- orojackson 6y agoYou're thinking of "native advertising" or "advertorial."
- brigandish 6y agoAdvertorial! Thanks. If newsvertising as a word takes off, you know who to blame :)