The New York Times is not only "reliant on advertising" to stay afloat, advertising was its primary source of revenue for its entire history until 2012. Only f

The New York Times is not only "reliant on advertising" to stay afloat, advertising was its primary source of revenue for its entire history until 2012. Only for the past 6 years has advertising revenue not exceeded circulation revenue, and they'd go under without advertising revenue even now.