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But seriously, we really care about transparency because we get the whole distrust in media thing. We investigated the magazines and websites that came before us, and so we understand that you should rightfully be investigating us. Go at it! We welcome it and we think we do it better than anyone else — I don’t think you’ll find another media publication who completely outsources ad sales and has a wholly independent editorial team who doesn’t care who buys ads.
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