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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by jrs235 on Friday February 10, 2017 @11:45PM (#13621070)
I was under the impression that the subscription fee for newspapers was to cover printing and delivery. And that the ads were how the publishers got paid.
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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by ghaff on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:06AM (#13621124)
That's true. But it was a bundle that couldn't be separated at the end of the day. So given print ad dollars to digital dimes the subscription fee needs to cover web readership as well.
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