Is Madison’s editorial for sale?

Tim Burrowes

June 28, 2009 12:13

“Fadison, a word to the wise. Your grown-up, independent target market recognises the increasingly blurry lines between advertising, editorial and advertorial. A recommendation that the best panty liner for me is Carefree’s Barely There liner, then less than 10 pages later Carefree give me a free sample glued to the full-page ad, kinda makes me mad.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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