"How is 22 million regular readers worth less than 300,000 paying subscribers" Monetarily. The ad market has only got worse since the Times made the move away

"How is 22 million regular readers worth less than 300,000 paying subscribers" Monetarily. The ad market has only got worse since the Times made the move away from pure ad-funded pageviews, so the ability to turn those 22 million people's eyeballs into a revenue stream has become even less viable than it was when they replaced them with 300,000 paying customers. "Not to mention the types of journalists you will attract.." ... with an engaged and interested audience who are directly paying to read what you have to say, who aren't merely being driven to your site by clickbait headlines and paid placement? I dunno, would think you'd be able to attract pretty good journalists on that basis...