The Baltimore Sun is the latest newspaper to announce plans to join other metro dailies and place ads on the front pages of some sections, writes
Sun reporter Nick Madigan. In a memo to
the staff on Tuesday, Editor Timothy Franklin and Managing Editor Robert Blau explain that there are no immediate plans to put ads on Page 1, and the timing and details of ad positions are being
worked out. But ads would probably initially appear on the front of the Business and Sports sections. In an attempt to allay concerns about putting ads next to lead news articles, Franklin and Blau
say: "These ad positions will not in any way compromise the integrity or independence of our news report." The
Sun joins other papers owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co. that are making similar
moves, including the
Los Angeles Times and the
Chicago Tribune.
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