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>Sponsor Content is created by The Atlantic’s Promotions Department in partnership with our advertisers. The Atlantic editorial team is not involved in the crea
by thejosh 14y ago
>Sponsor Content is created by The Atlantic’s Promotions Department in partnership with our advertisers. The Atlantic editorial team is not involved in the creation of this content. Email advertising@theatlantic.com to learn more.
So if the Taliban wanted to pay for content they would be fine with that too.
- SG- 14y agoThat industry is getting rather desperate for money these days.
- mh- 14y agoJournalism, that is.
- pekk 14y agoThe Taliban doesn't have the resources. Qatar did have the resources to build al Jazeera, which is much in demand. I suppose the problem is that the Atlantic has rented itself out rather than being owned lock, stock and barrel.
- scrumper 14y ago> The Taliban doesn't have the resources. Qatar did have the resources to build al Jazeera, which is much in demand. Are you really likening the owners of Al Jazeera and the state of Qatar with the Taliban? Please tell me I've missed something.
- illuminate 14y agoAl Jazeera sounds so ~foreign~, obviously in cahoots.
- thattallguy 14y agoStories like this destroy the one major advantage established media, such as the Atlantic, has over new media. A trusted brand. These types of ads (branded content, in feed ads or social ads, whatever we're going to call them) are just another step in the battle to outwit a readers BS detection system. If I can easily tune out flashing banner ads, I can easily scan pass sponsored posts. Not worth blowing valuable trust on a short term gain is it?
- mindslight 14y agoIf you want a mindfuck, go to sears.com. Product results include, by default, items from Amazon affiliates. These dinosaurs truly have no clue what parts of their businesses could still have value.
- ChrisClark 14y agoSo they are sending customers to their competitor just because they want to make a few dollars? Losing a customer must cost them more than the affiliate payment they get.
- GauntletWizard 14y agoBut, much like Kris Kringle recommending Woolworths to Macy's customers in "Miracle on 34th Street", getting you the item you want elsewhere doesn't lose Sears a customer - It makes certain they'll check Sears first in the future.
- illuminate 14y agoThey're sending customers to Amazon's affiliates because it gets them SEO results and they likely get a kickback. Coming from my searches that've turned up the affiliate spam, these are generally items that have nothing to do with Sears's main product lines or that Sears is well sold out of.
- dsl 14y agoI was trying to find a place that had 30 round magazines in stock before the looming ban, and ironically sears.com was the one retailer that had them in stock (by way of some small mom and pop affiliate).
- mindslight 14y agoI'll see your implausible useful-Sears story and raise you mine - I bought some welding electrodes that Home Depot doesn't even carry at a physical brick and mortar Sears! Admittedly Lowes might have had them, but I was already in the area.
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- marshray 14y ago>>Sponsor Content is created by The Atlantic’s Promotions Department in partnership with our advertisers. So The Atlantic actually created this content and some nebulous "advertisers" were mere partners?