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Originally posted by Metacritic Music Editor:
Actually, CNET is definitely NOT owned by Microsoft. It is a publicly-traded company that runs a few dozen different websites (mainly focusing on technology, games and entertainment). The do not have any stake in movie, games, or other entertainment producers; instead, their philosophy--like ours--is to provide as much information to consumers as possible to help them make informed decisions about how to spend their money and time.

And actually, in theory we have always had advertisements on the site--it's just that the folks selling our ad space weren't always doing a noticeable job of it. We should actually have better-quality ads than what we've had in the past, and for now, they will occupy the same spots that our current ads do. I don't anticipate ever seeing any popups on metacritic, but I don't want to say "never" just in case it does happen someday (let's just call it "not likely").