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[Putzweg]

Everytime i watch CNN.

They are barely showing actual ads and instead plugs their own shows with self-made ads (especially Amanpour and Quest, do anyone even watch those shows? For the last 10 years Amanpour have gotten a plug every single break it feels like) and then they have these weird "mini shows" that are 5 mins long..for example about some guy who paddles in a canoe to his job every morning etc. And they drags on and on and on...and they look like Apple ads.

And when they finally have real ads its for some country, like "Beautiful Croatia" or "Magical Malysia magical you" or for SAP and such companies. And man are those ads overproduced, overly positive and expensive looking too.

Whats going on? CNN cant find advertisers? Or they charge too damn much?

 

[DOWN]

Great Big Story is legit amazing though and deserves the ad time

 

[Ninja Scooter]

But those are ads?

 

[GuyKazama]

The more people watch cnn, the more they can charge cable providers... so I guess it pays to plug their shows?

 

[shadow_shogun]

I noticed that they have normal ads when I watch it via cable and ads on CNN programs when using CNN Go.

 

[DOWN]

But those are ads?

Well he means ads they are getting money to run. They don't make money by just plugging themselves and not actually selling ads. But long term, my guess is they decided to try and give themselves a long term boost in viewers by advertising the variety of programming they have during the high election viewership, and hope that it gives them better ad rates to sell to third parties when they resume normal coverage.