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How the Attention-Merchant Ad Model Bankrupted Local Newspapers

August 2, 2025June 14, 2025 by Peter Cellino

Interruptive ads once bankrolled local news. Big Tech swallowed the model, CPMs cratered, and hedge funds finished the job. Here’s how attention merchants gutted hometown papers—and what’s next.

Categories Newsroom Tags advertising, attention-economy, local-news, privacy, programmatic

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