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An Expansion

So often, when the subject of mainstream media and racing comes up, it’s because coverage is being cut at yet another newspaper. The Wall Street Journal is going in a different direction, at least for the Breeders’ Cup, reports AdAge:

The Wall Street Journal is developing a special ad section for the Breeders’ Cup this October, the paper’s first ad section about a sports property and the Cup’s first ad buy in the paper.

(The Breeders’ Cup has been advertising in the WSJ online.) It is an ad section; the focus is advertising the Breeders’ Cup and interested marketers, but expanded sports editorial gets a mention, so I think we can expect some actual Breeders’ Cup coverage alongside the display ads …


3 Comments

Ah, advertising/reaching out to gamblers, there’s a concept!
Nice to see the BC make what seems like a good move.

Posted by dana on August 12, 2008 @ 9:28 pm

EXPOSURE…EXPOSURE…& more of it is what we need a ton of…Long Live The King!!!

Posted by Bellwether on August 13, 2008 @ 1:19 am

This is exactly where racing should be advertising. People with income to invest. People who understand risk and reward. People who can read and do basic math! And people who are used to analyzing masses of data.

Posted by Griff Marton on August 15, 2008 @ 7:50 pm