Apparently Sports Illustrated has instituted new criteria in the evaluation of some of its editorial employees: how “beneficial to advertiser relationship” an editor/writer’s work is.
If you’re advertising in SI and you’re getting slammed in the news articles, complain to your ad rep and see if he can exert a little pressure on your behalf. It just might work.
Time battles blow-back from ad-based employee ratings | New York Post.
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