This ad appeared on page 11A in yesterday’s Sunday Oklahoman:
Here are closeups of the individual pieces:
Anyone got an explanation?
At any rate, I’m fascinated by the ongoing story of newspapers’ demise, exemplified in the story about how the New York Times could save hundreds of millions of dollars by suspending paper printing and sending every subscriber a free Kindle, and also by the shutdown of the Rocky Mountain News, which took me totally by surprise. Is this just more evidence of that – is the Oke trying to stop the bleeding of fleeding advertisers, or was there some kind of lame attempt on KOKH’s part to make a national story local – like “IS THE OKLAHOMAN GOING UNDER TUNE IN AT NINE TO FIND OUT.” I’m dying to know the story behind this, because really the only word I can think of to describe this ad copy is “bitchy.”
UPDATE: Mystery solved? (via @jonfisher)
UPDATE 2: The Lost Ogle picked up the story AND used my photo! The Lost Ogle rocks. Thanks, Patrick!
Comment by Lorene
Friendly competition is good for the marketplace! And this is not friendly competition. More pettiness that only makes media look BAD. No wonder everyone blames the media.
And are you kidding? Rather than placing news content in this space, we get a cruddy ad. Bring on good news content!
On the other hand, God Bless America for having free speech!!!
2 March 2009, 10:24 am
Comment by Alan Scott
Of course, we all know what a classy and dignified product the Daily Oklahoman is. Geez.
3 March 2009, 8:46 am
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