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basically nothing. if you never click the ad you are making them a fraction of a cent each view. I doubt one person would even make the site a dollar after a lifetime of reading.

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Surely you realize this is incorrect, considering that the Times makes on the order of $200 million/year in online ad revenue.

if you don't click the ads, they barely make anything

Hypothetically if people didn't click ads, then yes that would be true. But they do, so it's immaterial.

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