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[Steve Wexler]

The owner at my second editing job wanted only advertisers covered and
while I demurred I think my tenure was only extended when the company was
sold.

On Sat., Dec. 28, 2019, 11:22 Barbara Krasnoff via Ipg-smz, <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> As I recall, at least one of my past employers charged for the use of the
> Editors Choice logo, but we were never involved in that at all as far as
> choosing or testing. (Well, most of them, anyway. One EoC told me at one
> point that we should only review advertiser products, when I refused, I
> suspected my time there was coming to an end.)
>
> --
> Barbara Krasnoff
> bkrasnoff at gmail.com
> http://www.brooklynwriter.com
>
> Author of "The History of Soul 2065."
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:35 AM Matt Heusser via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>> On paper it is not any different that having advertisers for your
>> physical magazine, and a “firewall” with editorial.
>>
>> In practice, for those of us who used to work with dead trees, how did
>> that really go?
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 4:29 AM Steve Wexler via Ipg-smz <
>> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Perception/opportunity of conflict of interest.
>>> Pay a fee for advertising the award or pay a fee for winning the award?
>>> If the award is vendor neutral, then why charge a fee for advertising
>>> the award?
>>> I remember there being a lot of negative chatter about the objectivity
>>> of Gartner awards.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 at 01:03, Barbara Krasnoff via Ipg-smz <
>>> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, I may be missing something here, but I can't immediately see
>>>> what's wrong with charging a fee to use the JD Power name for advertising
>>>> purposes after you've won an award as long as that doesn't affect the
>>>> actual judging.
>>>>
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>>>> Barbara Krasnoff
>>>> bkrasnoff at gmail.com
>>>> http://www.brooklynwriter.com
>>>>
>>>> Author of "The History of Soul 2065."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 6:22 PM Gabe Goldberg via Ipg-smz <
>>>> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Today's D and a friend's response:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-12-27
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://m.sfgate.com/business/article/J-D-Power-cozy-with-winners-2620609.php
>>>>>
>>>>> "The companies evaluated by J.D. Power in fact pay the firm to use its
>>>>> name in their ads, and a hefty amount of cash is said to be changing
>>>>> hands."
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/26/2019 12:30 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
>>>>> > https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-12-26
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'm shocked ... just shocked ... by this implication.
>>>>> >
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>>>>> Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.
>>>>> gabe at gabegold.com
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>>>>>          (703) 204-0433
>>>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold            Twitter:
>>>>> GabeG0
>>>>>
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