When the Oregonian was preparing all of us paper subscribers for the crappy conversion, they had a question-and-answer section about the Brave New World. My favorite question was something like, “I always enjoy the Thanksgiving Sale Edition. If you aren’t going to publish on Thursday, how will I know about the sales?” The answer was something to the effect of, “Not to worry! We’ll publish a SPECIAL Thanksgiving Edition with all of the ads!”
And so it has come to pass.
And so it is chock full of ads. On the left: the paper. On the right: the ads.
And that isn’t really even correct, because if you crack open that front page you will find it is 90% full-page ads. The pile on the right: straight to the recycle bin. The pile on the left: I read it. But I skipped all the ads.
And that isn’t really even correct, because if you crack open that front page you will find it is 90% full-page ads. The pile on the right: straight to the recycle bin. The pile on the left: I read it. But I skipped all the ads.
Ugh. I can't believe someone actually requested a special edition filled with ads. People have got some really weird priorities.
The horribleness continues. I'm sorry!