OK, you still made my point. In a newsPAPER, there are no additions on a website or a mobile platform. You are right, it costs a lot but it is technically not a newspaper in the print format only. The newspapers have seen the “writing on the wall” and have diversified online and in other aspects. Still, to see the LA Slime and the New York Slime disappear brings joy to my heart. The Chandlers saw the wall writing and sold out—they were smart. Good old commie Pinch has been late for the sky and I hope he loses his ass holding out.
Even before they diversified, the ads cost that much. They only belatedly added the online and mobile sections after CL began eating their lunch - at no additional cost.
Ironically, this was in the news recently.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tribune-san-diego-20150522-story.html