CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates - Valleywag Comments

CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates

Owen Thomas — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:36:47 PST

@GameSpotter: Your own management, two years ago, admitted to the practice of paying for editorial placement.

Owen Thomas

CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates

fishneversleep — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:43:01 PST

@GameSpotter: But what about _placement_, which was the point of the post?

fishneversleep

CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates

GameSpotter — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:13:30 PST

As an employee of CNET and within the Entertainment division (which includes GameSpot) I can attest that this claim is 100% false. We never have nor will sell editorial or advertorial type content on GameSpot.

GameSpotter

CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates

cowsandmilk — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:50:48 PST

it's not underselling when you paid $3500 for front page placement of a bad review...

cowsandmilk

CNET sells editorial placement, needs to raise rates

grrgle — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:37:07 PST

Let's just get it all out there, end the Potemkin presumption of objectivity or truth and everybody just print what they think people want to read. And how do we figure out what they want to read? Why they PAY FOR IT. Duh.

Also shut up about steroids, pay college athletes, put the money back into politics, and I don't give a shit about your carbon footprint.

grrgle