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Posted by Bob on October 31, 2003

In Reply to: Advertisement/commercial posted by Lotg on October 29, 2003

: Why is an advertisement often called a commercial? It also seems to be medium-specific - ie. the term is used with regard to TV, movie and radio, but I've never heard anyone say they saw it in a newspaper commercial.

Back when announcers announced, there were "commecial announcments" as opposed to news announcements, etc.

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