I wonder how much of this is cultural, with respect to newspapers like NYT. In the early days of print, newspaper ads were both unobtrusive and useful, such tha

I wonder how much of this is cultural, with respect to newspapers like NYT. In the early days of print, newspaper ads were both unobtrusive and useful, such that paying subscribers had no problem with the double dip model. Advertising has always been a thorny ethical issue for papers and it would be great if NYT, WaPo etc. could get out if the ad business altogether and support themselves entirely through subscriptions. Maybe we'll see this in the coming years as more and more people switch to ad blockers.