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Inventor of the Pop-Up Ad Apologizes for Helping to Ruin the Internet

Ethan Zuckerman calls for revenue reform

By Gabriel Beltrone

August 18, 2014

If you were looking for someone to blame every time a pop-up ad mars your Web-browsing experience, here's a guy who'd like to nominate himself—and offer his apologies.

Gabriel Beltrone
@GabrielBeltrone gabriel.beltrone@gmail.com Gabriel Beltrone is a frequent contributor to Adweek.
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