Newspapers Scramble for Local Ads on the Web
December 18th, 2007
McClatchy is revamping the commission structure for its ad sales staff to better revard online sales, but the newspaper industry did not capitalize on their strong, home-town connections to lock up big shares of local (and especially smaller firm) advertising on the web. Today, pure-play internet companies have the biggest share of the local online advertising market. The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 18, 2007)
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