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Subject:Re: What's an Advertorial? From:Vicki Rosenzweig <murphy!acmcr!vr -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 17 Oct 1994 10:03:02 EDT
Yes, that's right. An "advertorial" is one of those text pieces that
is designed to sell something, that the magazine gets paid to run,
and that comes with a little note saying "advertisement" at the edge
of each page. Travel pieces that are all puff, paid for by the tourist
board, for example.