[matt4077]

This is kind of a meta-story, or even advertisement (although very good advertisement). Publishing it in-between their usual content would raise a few ethical questions.

It'd also be a bit useless to tell readers of the Economist how great they are, and, as long as they can't get it printed in the NYT or similar, Medium probably is the best place to reach their potential market.

[saryant]

They've written articles about themselves on their regular website before, though under one of their blogs.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/ec...