Our local rag, the Orlando sentinel, got some kid to talk my wife into subscribing on weekends only (she felt sorry for the kid). They give us a paper almost everyday now. Why? I'd bet my house its to inflate the readership stats so they can charge advertizers more.
Bingo! That’s my take on it too.
The local birdcage-liner here, the Baltimore Sun, had been leaving a free paper here for 7 years despite my repeated requests for them to stop. They give it away for free to all who want them any time the Orioles play-! I don’t see how they make any money- no one ever reads their garbage-! Theirs is the only paper still stacked up at the local grocery stores at the end of the day.