A word about the ads

If you’ve come to Talking Biz News today, you’ve noticed something new: Ads.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, Talking Biz News is joining the Forbes.com network of business and financial blogs. You’ll still be able to find Talking Biz News at the same URL that you’ve been coming to in the past.

But there will be ads. As part of the agreement in joining the Forbes.com blog network, we’ve agreed to run two ads on Talking Biz News.

Proceeds from the ads will go to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of business journalism. I am not making one cent off of this blog, and do not intend to.

Talking Biz News will still be operated as a free, educational service offering news, commentary and information about what is going on in the world of business journalism.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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John says:
December 18, 2007 at 12:55 am
Hi Chrish
I completely understand the economics of these ads. In my view it was inevitable.
With such a high readership base, companies would just grab the ad spots.
What is more appealing is that all proceeds will go for a noble cause.
Best of luck.
John