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IBM rips Treasurer

Mark
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Another win for Advertising over news content at the Australian Financial Review today with a round Post-It type ad stuck on the front page of the newspaper. From what I hear from others, Fairfax leads the world in desecrating the their newspaper mastheads and pages with these stuck on ads.

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Here is a photo of page one of the AFR once I lifted the ad off. No, I did not set out to make a mess, I genuinely wanted to read the story underneath. I wonder how many customers will want their money back? I would.
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Category: newspaper masthead desecration

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