"native advertising"

[Benjamin Barrett]

The Wiki link says not objective but so as to match the environment. BB

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> On 15 Sep 2014, at 16:44, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> What could it be?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_advertising
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> In simpler terms, it's advertising disguised to look as much like objective
> news as possible. Evidently the wave of the future as news outlets starve
> for revenue, competing for attention with everything else in the
> cyber-universe.
> 
> Why "native"? Who cares?
> 
> JL
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