http://www.conversant-media.com/2009/11/04/more-disappointment-from-the-sydney-morning-herald/smh-visa-1-22oct09/ Conversant Media is an Australian company that produces premium online publications across sports and pop culture. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:15:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.conversant-media.com/2009/11/04/more-disappointment-from-the-sydney-morning-herald/smh-visa-1-22oct09/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Kevin Leversee Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:37:22 +0000 http://www.conversant-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/smh-visa-1-22Oct09.jpg#comment-3385 While not a fan of advertising -Contextual advertising does have relevance and is the foundation for the hugely profitable adwords. I mean business is business, are we really going to swallow the myth that somehow journalism is a holy school that is unbiased and truthful? As soon as you accept one Ad in your periodical (it doesn't matter the medium in which the content sits) you then have to be open tot he possibility that somewhere an advertiser is going to push for something. Dunno my two cents. While not a fan of advertising -Contextual advertising does have relevance and is the foundation for the hugely profitable adwords. I mean business is business, are we really going to swallow the myth that somehow journalism is a holy school that is unbiased and truthful? As soon as you accept one Ad in your periodical (it doesn’t matter the medium in which the content sits) you then have to be open tot he possibility that somewhere an advertiser is going to push for something. Dunno my two cents.

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