"No one paid to read it. Repeat: no one." I was a paid subscriber to the Village Voice for a year or so when I was living in Minneapolis. 2008/2009, I think ?

"No one paid to read it. Repeat: no one." I was a paid subscriber to the Village Voice for a year or so when I was living in Minneapolis. 2008/2009, I think ? So while the cover price was indeed zero, there were indeed people paying to read it.