Lets see how the readers respond. It would be great to revisit this down the road.

Thanks for commenting – and admitting in a public forum — that you are actually a member of the American Communist Party.

But seriously, folks, Ian Schafer commented above that the paid advertising will be marked or disclosed — not sure in what form. That changes the dynamic slightly in my view and I thank Ian for reading and commenting.

But the whole aggressive revenue enhancement strategy while simultaneously railing against Corporate America smells worse than a Yankees Bleacher Creature in August. And I think we can agree upon Yankee Bashing any day.

Mark

First, thanks for reading and commenting. I welcome your point of view because, as you noted, something that was not evident was that the tweets or posts or messages would be labeled as advertising. That makes a difference. And I actually thought that your quote was dead on – people will pay more attention to something (without realizing that it would be labeled as an ad) as opposed to, for example, a banner ad.

My larger point with HuffPo is that you can’t have it both ways; you can’t criticize people/industries/”BIG Something” for making money off of the little guy and not pay bloggers while aggressively pursuing ways to enhance revenue streams.

But it’s a big deal to be quoted in Ad Age (and you are right that editors/reporters don’t always let everything through), so you are welcome to post in this space any time. In fact — and I say this with all sincerety — if you think that there are things that were not represented accurately in either the Ad Age piece or this blog, type up an entry and I will be happy to publish it in this space. Unedited.

And thanks again for commenting.

Mark

Can you argue that if something is clearly labeled as an ad that it isn’t worth trying for a publisher?