by Lois Beckett / ProPublica, June 27, 2012, 4:27 p.m.
Last month, I was searching for a peppy Glee song on the music site Grooveshark, and up popped two ads for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. One invited me to “Learn More.” The other suggested that I “Donate.”
Had Romney’s campaign decided that swing voters might frequent an Internet music site with copyright issues? Are Glee fans now a key demographic?
But it turns out the campaign wasn’t advertising to Grooveshark listeners or a capella fans.
They were targeting me. [Read more…]