Poor old Rhys Blakely. He's written another fine internet-focused article for The Times only to have it savaged by the whims of the commercial department...
The above trade-off between destroying the user (brand) experience in favour of a bit of short-term capitalism is, frankly, in 2007, a bit lame. One day Mr Murdoch will crack down on this sort of thing.
Surely publishers should be selling targeted access to users, rather than selling out anybody who happens to visit?
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