The NYT model has been obsolete for along time, but, for a brief while, they were dominant in the new paradigm. Then they started censoring anything that disagr

The NYT model has been obsolete for along time, but, for a brief while, they were dominant in the new paradigm. Then they started censoring anything that disagreed with them, and then disabling comments altogether. Imagine the meetings they had. IT: “90% of our engagement and revenue comes from the comments section.” VP: “If we shutdown comments, we will get 10x growth in revenue share from articles.” CEO: “Perfect. Shut down the comments.”