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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 年前Because classified ads used to pay for the paper. Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 年前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.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前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.
Because classified ads used to pay for the paper.
Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.
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.
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.