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Originally Posted by StanAjax
If you complain but people still buy newspapers, listen to the radio or watch TV, they won't care at all about your complaining, 'cos they'll know it won't cost them a penny. They're mostly living of advertising, and if sales/listening/watching don't dive, that won't change anything.
On the other hand, if sales/listening/watching take a hit, you'll see them wonder what's wrong and care about your opinion pretty quickly.
Now, it's another thing to make people boycott "entertaining" Habs media coverage...
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The amount newspapers/TV can charge for advertising depends in the circulation/ viewership. Advertisers want to reach an audience, not waste their money, so if the ads/commercials bring in less revenue, the media have to make personnel cuts.