"What ever made anyone
think news and ads could easily mix? It wasn’t always so. If you look at
early newspapers, like William Lyon Mackenzie’s Colonial Advocate
(Toronto in the 1830s), it’s a solid wall of news and opinion. The only
ads are classified, from readers to readers, like the Internet. Ads came
to dominate all other forms of income but it was an uncomfortable
marriage; and it’s crazy to think the divorce won’t ultimately be a Good
Thing, even if the stresses are agonizing now, especially for people
working in journalism.
"Or TV. Who could
imagine TV without ads, it was always ads. But the best TV ever, like
Mad Men, was done for cable, with its alternate revenue stream, coming
straight from viewers."
The end of Mad Men and the era of ads: Salutin | Toronto Star
Interesting article on the future of ads.
