I would buy this plugin also. Or happily use it if it was integrated into the theme.
We currently have a few workarounds that help with this within Newspaper – but they aren’t perfect.
User/Author Account for “Sponsored Content” – So wherever the author’s name normally appears, including some slots on the home page, “Sponsored Content” appears. The Admin has to manually change the author from the original poster and assign it to Sponsored Content. This also allows the inclusion of a disclaimer in the Author Box at the bottom of the page. You can see it in this screen grab in the main featured image for the Oktoberfest story:
Sponsored Content Category – Our sponsored content mingles with other categories, and many items overlap across multiple categories. All paid stories are placed in all relevant categories, including “Sponsored Content.” This places a Category label at the top of the page. We keep it black so it stands out next to the multi-colored other options.
Post Expirator – We use this plug in to relocate stories after their run is over. We leave all stories up permanently, because even some out of date stories bring in a lot of traffic. However, we use this to recategorize them and move them away from visibility on the site. You could use it to archive or otherwise turn off an active story at a set time. This can be scheduled at the time the post is created.
All that said, we’d still love something that makes it more explicit/clear on all sponsored images, as shown in Loiborg’s example links in the original post.
