TheNewsRoom

Internet users love free videos. That's why YouTube is such a hip. And you can host free videos at your website and even make money. That sounds like a good deal. There are thousands of videos, stories and articles to choose from. A problem with this ad network is that they don't use video windows that will fit conventional ad sizes like Leaderboard and Wide skyscraper. Most of them are vertically very long.

They say their publisher program is still in beta. If you try to check your earnings, it says "myRevenue information is being updated and will be back soon!" (See the screenshot below to the left.) That's what's been shown for several days.

We first learned about thenewsroom because Canep Media was displaying ads they acquired from thenewsroom's group company Voxant. As you see the screenshot in the middle, their single ad occupied almost the whole page. The problem was identified only with Opera 9.10. We reported the problem to both parties. Eventually, guys from thenewsroom were mocking us. Did we try to put their content in a 728x90 space? No, we did not. Our agreement with Canep Media is such that we display ads at a 728x90 space. But their ad occupied 728x550 pixels of space. In a sense, we were ripped off.