A Fading Taboo.

This article discusses the emerging trend within the newspaper industry of selling advertising space on the front page and section fronts. For years this was considered taboo, as it appeared to compromise the integrity of the news reporting. But with dwindling revenue and readership, newspapers are discovering they have no choice and that the ads can support more journalism. But some critics, like Gene Roberts of the University of Maryland, believe the ads work against the long-term interests of the paper but turning away readers.