Trending today: a deep-dive study finds that paywalls on news sites keep many potential readers out – but do also generate revenue. Also, Aaron and Victor argue about whether it’s worth it to learn how to remove paywalls, and Victor shares a traumatic pronunciation-related childhood experience.

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