Memo to online versions of newspapers:

If I click on a link, and, instead of being redirected to content I get sent to "sign up for an account with the KCstar/WaPo/NYmade-upTimes", I leave. Ask yourselves: if I leave before reading the story, am I seeing any of your advertising?

You lose potential advertising revenue by trying to force me into your database; I don't accept, so I don't see any ads. Think about it.