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Media is the platform for ads since they pay more than subs.
Flaw of the free markets that gets corrected with regulation.
At 02:52 PM 1999-06-17 -0500, Mark Brown wrote:
>> Hutson also announced that he will search for a new Editor. "Editing S&C
>is a teriffic challenge for any individual," Hutson stated. I'll be doing my
>best to find someone to ably perform those duties."
>> Any interest out there?
>> John Sweeney, Tech. Editor Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities
>
>John, with Futures magazine leading the way to self regulate- some of the
>content of misleading vendors. S&C will be hard pressed to find someone who
>can walk the fine line between honesty and advertising dollars. With the
>advent of the internet, the rate that knowledge of the wrong doings of these
>vendors spreads fast. It is the most interesting thing to me that it never
>fails if someone is interviewed by S&C there is"ALWAYS" an ad for that
>persons services in the same issue. Now why is that? Doesn't S&C ever do
>interviews just because they want to inform their readers? No! what we read
>is directly influenced by the advertising dollars spent by the pollutant.
>If S&C were to start writing and accepting articles based on how valuable
>that article would be to its readers bottom line. Then you would be doing a
>real service to the subscribers. Instead all S&C seems to be interested in
>doing is servicing the needs of the advertisers.
>
>Call _fill in the blank here_ I'm sure one of their advertising staff will
>be interested in taking the job.
>
>Mark
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