Posted by Ken Waldron on October 29, 2009, 6:51 pm, in reply to "Ad firm selling space in the Guardian on its readers: "No longer the bearded lefties!""

--Previous Message-- : A friend of mine just received this : 'interesting' offer at his work address: : : "Hi there : : Every now and again an ad deal comes along : which offers incredible value for money. : : This time it's the turn of The Guardian : Weekend Magazine. With its 1.4 million : readers averaging extremely high household : incomes, and what makes this late space : offer so unusual is that it's for such a : prime issue... : : Here are the five key facts that you need to : know: : : 1. Publication: The Guardian Weekend : Magazine : 2. Publication date: 7th November : 3. Size: Single panel (39mm x 52mm) : 4. Rate card: £1025 : 5. Late rate offer: £267 : : In our opinion, nothing has greater : influence over ad response than the sheer : number of people that will see your ad. It's : the old "bums on seats" philosophy : and the Guardian has 1.4 million of them : (that's an awful lot of bums!). : : This is an uber cheap deal for an ad in the : national press, if you're not familiar with : what we're offering click here to view a : Sample Ad page and here for Sample Editorial : pages. No longer the bearded lefties! : Guardian readers are an extremely desirable : group of high spending consumers, so I hope : you'll be tempted enough to give this offer : a try." : : Click the link for their gushing description : of the Guardian Weekend section. :

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Posted by Tim Holmes on November 2, 2009, 2:29 am, in reply to "Ad firm selling space in the Guardian on its readers: "No longer the bearded lefties!""

From that quote alone you can infer a disturbing amount about what the "liberal" end of the press in a corporate-dominated media system is likely to look like ... Convenient Lies http://www.convenientlies.wordpress.com

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