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Virtual Recession Sparks NY Times Ad Sales Halt

by Scott Ott · 18 Comments

(2008-05-03) — With the nation on the verge of “a near-virtual likely recession”, The New York Times stopped selling advertising today in an effort to help readers conserve “what little money they have left.”
“We realized we were sending mixed messages,” said Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., “Our reporters and columnists say ‘Economic disaster is [...]

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Tags: Business · Media/Journalism