• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Because classified ads used to pay for the paper.

    Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.

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      You would sometimes pick up a newspaper specifically for the ads. You might be looking for a job or a car and that was a good starting place.

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        1 year ago

        Back before VCRs were a thing, movies like ‘Deep Throat’ were only available in theaters. The local theaters ran ads for XXX movies on the same pages as the general stuff.