Burning Man 2013 [by drone]: In the Dust, Above the Dust
The absurd measures corporations will take to dodge taxes
About a fourth of Walgreens’ annual income is derived from — guess who? — our U.S. government. Yes, our very government that the people of Wasson & Co. say they no longer want to help support. The unpatriotic drugstore ingrate drew nearly $17 billion last year from Medicare and Medicaid payments provided by Uncle Sam.
If Walgreens doesn’t want to support public programs like these, the programs should not be supporting Walgreens.
via It’s not just Walgreens: The absurd measures corporations will take to dodge taxes – Salon.com.
Yahoo Wants You to Linger on the Ads, Too
Mixed into that stream is a different kind of advertising — so-called native ads or sponsored posts — which look almost exactly like all the other articles and videos on the page except that they are sponsored by brands like Knorr, Best Buy and Ford Motor. These ads, Yahoo hopes, will attract the attention of more readers and make more money for the company.
In some cases, Yahoo editors even help to write that advertising — a blurring of the traditional lines between journalists and the moneymaking side of the business.
via Yahoo Wants You to Linger on the Ads, Too – NYTimes.com.