Re:What Happened to People Magazine?
by bdcravens on Friday June 28, 2024 @03:35PM
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Hardly limited to any one magazine; it's common across all forms of media that has found its market dramatically changed and has to transition to advertising thinly veiled as content. Even daytime news/talk shows (GMA, The View, Today Show, etc) have segment where they're pushing products that you can "buy" from their site (affiliate links)
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even consumer reports.
The print magazine had no advertising, and bought their products for review - no free/loaned products loaned by manufacturers.
When it went online, it basically sold out.
It became a funnel - it would review all these products, then funnel you to online purchases where it would get a commission.
It's so much worse. Several of our local news programs have segments where it's advertisements for local businesses extremely thinly veiled as 'news takes', including a local PI attorney giving a public service "don't drive drunk, but if you get hurt call me!" ad.