The site’s potent mix of web aggregation and original celebrity, scandal and breaking-news reporting has long proved popular with readers and is beginning to show its impact on the balance sheet of its corporate parent, Daily Mail and General Trust PLC.
Daily mail benefitted greatly from the Demise of the news of the world. Took, their entire awarding sports team. Plus entertainment team. 2nd they went all on with online content. Way before anybody else.
Still more real news than the New York Times.
With all ongoing projects at standstill, workers are jobless. Many are on daily wages, The Q of expensive or cheap does not arise when there is no money in the pocket.
Lowest common denominator means highest readership. It was ever thus.