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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by merlin_g on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:01AM (#11700413)
Why is everything behind a damn paywall these days?
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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by otterley on Sunday May 15, 2016 @09:12AM (#11700774)
Because well-written content and thorough investigation has to be paid for somehow. If it's worth reading, it's worth paying for IMHO. (I assume you do not work for free, either.)
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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by chippy on Sunday May 15, 2016 @08:38AM (#11700674)
It's newspapers and the decline in print.
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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by branchless on Sunday May 15, 2016 @09:19AM (#11700793)
Newspaper death throes.
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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by hmate9 on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:11AM (#11700455)
Because of adblock
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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by mcbrown on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:16AM (#11700470)
Because of malware delivered through unblocked ad networks.

(FTFY)

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Re:A former CIA spy has revealed his key role in the arrest ... by green_lunch on Sunday May 15, 2016 @11:08AM (#11701179)
Regardless of your reasons, the end result will be more paywalls or entire articles that are actually ads (this is what yahoo does now).
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