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Re:The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an arti... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday April 14, 2019 @03:27PM (#19661176)
You're correct about the targeting, but I disagree that NYT is a niche case. NYT is a major news organization. Its a very specific one so its truths may not generalize, but I don't know if that makes it niche.
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Re:The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an arti... by bobthepanda on Sunday April 14, 2019 @03:45PM (#19661278)
It‘d be interesting to compare this to a variety of news sources to see how universal this is.

Would you get the same result from USA Today, WSJ, WaPo, and the LA Times?

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Re:The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an arti... by turtlecloud on Monday April 15, 2019 @01:40AM (#19663321)
NYT has lost its prominence after esp after picking sides on several hot topic issues. The bias is way too obvious nowadays, and I personally only glance through it to see how the elite want the people to think, and then I just do the opposite lol.

The favoritism towards certain groups and the dismissal of others raises a lot of eyebrows. I would say it is mainly relevant to NYC and to everyone else I would pass it in favor of a local news source. I would agree that it has become a fairly niche news source and it is quite amusing in my opinion how they are trying to hype up their ad units as they struggle with declining readership.

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