[minimaxir]

The earnings from Black Friday/Cyber Monday help fund tech journalism, as deep tech journalism has much lower ROI.

[bsanr]

They're ads that aren't clearly identified as ads, and they've covered most of the frontpage. That's not journalism, and if any major newspaper did this, it would be outrageous.

[minimaxir]

They aren't ads, and sponsored articles on most media sites do have the required Sponsored disclaimer.

Each article also has the necessary FTC disclosure:

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

Every major newspaper does do affiliate marketing, albeit to a lesser degree since they make their revenue via subscriptions/paywalls.

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