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Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by swebs on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:33AM (#17725054)
>So are you also cancelling your cable subscription

Yep

>any magazine subscriptions

Yep

>physical newspaper subscriptions,

Yep

Don't forget about Hulu. Ads are my #1 reason for canceling most paid services.

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Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by spookthesunset on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:56AM (#17725296)
You are an outlier though....

(but I must admit, if I did pull the plug on cable the primary reason (besides we really don't use it much) would be the fact I pay big bucks to watch a fuckton of advertising)

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Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by ectospheno on Thursday August 09, 2018 @12:27PM (#17725630)
You have a different definition of outlier than is used in statistics. He hasn't been an outlier for years now regardless of how many advertising executives still want to think that he is.
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Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by bytematic on Thursday August 09, 2018 @12:05PM (#17725398)
What is so bad about advertising?
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