From another article:
GM pulled their corporate ads after the L.A. Times published a column by auto critic, Dan Neil, about the automaker's brand strategy. The column's headline called the Pontiac G6 "a sales flop." It also said the automaker should "dump" Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner and "let the impeachment proceedings begin."
> GM pulled their corporate ads after the L.A. Times
> published a column by auto critic, ...
This why you rarely see any really challenging reporting
about the auto industry in newspapers. Those auto ads are
a significant chunk of the revenue base. This could kill
the LAT, to the dismay of few reading here.
Don't ever expect to see a newspaper that carries new car
ads review the book "Don't Get Taken Every Time", by
Remar Sutton, for example, or even run ads for it.