The print media can sell the headline news position to advertising agencies for over NT $ 100,000 a pop. A huge percentage of the news put out on TV is merely "product placement" paid for by event organizers. What's more, it's all too common to see the sales director take the helm in the news department.
平面媒體可以用十多萬元的價格，把頭條新聞「賣」給廣告商，電視新聞中，更有極大比例是由活動單位出錢的「置入性新聞」，業務總監入主編採部門指揮記者更已成為常態。