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Created 08/03/2011 - 1 year ago
People checking out of a hotel are usually in a hurry, whether on their way to catch a plane, return a rental car or get back to their families. Certainly they’re too busy to notice or care about a measly extra charge for 75 cents for [...]
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blogs.forbes.com
jdgalarneau: Hotel copies of newspapers generate big revenue for USA Today (& WSJ & local papers) as guests charged w/o knowing it. http://t.co/MstXuTG
Jagat_Adu: How USA Today Slips $82 Million a Year Onto Your Hotel Bill? http://t.co/yUwlagy #media
lui_jenn: http://t.co/6Nqe33O
TeakPhillips: I don't like when USA Today shows up outside my hotel room, but it never occurred to me to sue over it: http://ow.ly/5UlZD
mattroblyer: RT @ForbesLife: How @USAToday slips $82 million/year onto your #hotel bill without you noticing. http://t.co/WJOMyvj >I like the #newspaper
foster208: With the link this time. RT @TheNateGonzo: How #USAToday Slips $82 Million a Year Onto Your Hotel Bill http://onforb.es/nXKWR5
shellypalmer: I knew someone was paying for my newspaper, I didn't know it was me! http://t.co/UitsQlC
nwi_MarisaK: Interesting story... How USA Today slips $82 million onto your hotel bill http://onforb.es/qSrvBI
bigboxcar: Well! RT @edkohler: It turns out that we've been paying to roll our luggage over @usatoday hotel rm spam: http://t.co/O7OdkFI via @rstephens
LMSawyer: RT @mpoppel: Interesting: How USA Today Slips $82 Million a Year Onto Your Hotel Bill - http://tinyurl.com/3r5sks6 #Forbes
DigitalDionne: Today's #media definition: "junk circulation" - AKA How USA Today works hotel visitors into buying a copy http://ow.ly/5U1Ek
the_idea_agency: Kate: HALF of USA Today's daily circulation comes from hotel copies - I had no idea! http://is.gd/NgUdIw: http://bit.ly/q2y3We #idea
BillinBoston: More than half USA Today circulation is in hotels. Now a guest has sued to stop being charged. http://onforb.es/p5uTdm Could slam McPaper.
rizalkhan: Crooks RT @romenesko: Gannett has more 2 lose than Hilton in hotel customer's lawsuit over unwanted copy of USA Today http://journ.us/qgKJiT
fittedsweats: RT @EBrockner: More than half of USA Today's daily circulation of 1.8 million comes from hotels http://onforb.es/qSrvBI
newstouse: RT @mediagazer: How USA Today Slips $82 Million a Year Onto Your Hotel Bill (@jeffbercovici / Mixed Media) http://onforb.es/nkboO0 http://mgzr.us/BsV4
ContentCurrents: More than half of #USAToday circ via hotels; $82MM slipped into guest bills. @Forbes http://onforb.es/nDuHRR
ongreno: So that's the reason for USA Today's large circulation? http://t.co/9c88YIx
marknelza: Some people must be so bored! “@Forbes: Customers lawsuit over unwanted copy of USA Today. http://t.co/GDOdQtA”
extremefrisbe: RT @JimMacMillan: I once had a chat w/ a hotel worker who delivers USAToday to the rooms and then picks up most of them for recycling http://onforb.es/qS5MOL
DavidPepper: @gregorykorte Did you know about this sneaky policy? http://t.co/iFF5NwV
zachvat: #Gannett may take another revenue hit if a hotel lawsuit prevails. http://onforb.es/qS5MOL (HT: @JimMacMillan)
obilon: B/c nobody would buy it otherwise: Hotels charge for USA Today w/o you knowing. Half of revenue. http://onforb.es/r0rFhp (HT @jdgalarneau)
prwerdel: How McPaper makes its nuggets http://onforb.es/qSrvBI
andymorris: RT @ahampp: Yikes! RT @jeffbercovici How USA Today slips $82 million onto your hotel bill without you noticing http://t.co/c13AUvz