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[467riverfix]

Today's paper. Have never seen an ad in such a prominent place in FP.

[Scottathew]

In case you wanted to see it:

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[Willi]

No advertising revenue, no publishing

[Ray1936]

No advertising revenue, no publishing

You're quite right. Advertising bugs me too, but it's a necessary evil, not only with the news media but with the internet. Just learn to mentally turn it off. Like hanging up on a sales call.

[Scottathew]

It doesn't bother me. I get it, the business can't be supported by subscriptions alone. It's a bummer that they're hitting their premium subscribers with more prominent ads, but the alternative is higher prices.

[Zacha341]

Ad positioning has always been crucial in newsprint but this is pretty wild. Having worked as what was once known as a 'paste up' page design and layout artist, it's still incredible to see a newspaper masthead that secondary to advertising, dead top like that. Wow!

[Willi]

I would rather see that on a masthead, then the endless load of weekend crap thrown in my driveway, skirting the mailbox issue of permits for junk mail

I loathe the newspapers for that alone

[313WX]

Well, Gordo apparently had the right amount of bucks the Free Press wanted...

[Scottathew]

Well, Gordo apparently had the right amount of bucks the Free Press wanted...

I remember these from my childhood:

[Lowell]

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