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The (New York) Times to Sell Display Ads on the Front Page
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... — which are much larger and can combine images and text — on the front pages of sections inside the paper. But The Times did not sell displays on the first page of the first section, a move regarded by traditionalists as a commercial incursion into the most important news space in the paper. Most major American papers sell front-page display ads, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times, but some others, including The Washington Post, do not. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/business/media/05time...
Times Sells Page One Ads, Still No Charge for DNC
ScrappleFace —
... (2009-01-05) — Although the financially-troubled New York Times today broke with tradition and began running paid advertising on its front page, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said “the grey lady” would continue to run messages from the Democrat National Committee (DNC) on page one, above the fold, at no charge “as a public service.” ...
Signs Of The Times
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
From the front page of the Boston Globe:
The Globe is no longer publishing a stand-alone classified
advertising section Monday through Thursday. A classified section will
appear in the paper on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and local
classifieds may also be found in the Thursday regional sections. And a display ad on the NYT front page. ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... . * Sign of the Times : "In its latest concession to the worst revenue slide since the Depression, The New York Times has begun selling display advertising on its front page, a step that has become increasingly common across the newspaper industry. The first such ad, appearing Monday in color, was bought by CBS." * The ...
