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Of course they don't. Readers don't pay.

• eggie 11y ago
  But they do pay, in attention, which is monetized using ads.
• acdha 11y ago
  The New York Times has a million digital-only subscribers who might disagree: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/05/business/the-new-york-times-reaches-1-million-digital-subscribers.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/05/business/the-n...
  • hughperkins 11y ago
    Yeah, I signed up for that. But they still show me ads :-P So, then I installed RequestPolicy et al, and have a guilt-free, ad-free existence :-)
    • dogma1138 11y ago
      On the anecdotal side their certificate expired a month ago. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=requestpolicy.com&latest https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=requestpolicy...