I don't use AdBlock.  I use a popup blocker, but I think if I am looking at a website I should at least give them the basic revenue of viewing the advertizing.  Sometimes I even click on one if I am feeling generous to the content holder.  It's much the same with authors, when buying a book I like to click the link Amazon.com from their website because it maximizes their revenue.<p>PS: The problem with the newspaper model is it provides so little value.  In the old days they survived on advertizing but there are far more locations for advertizing now, so the pay is far lower.  Take the Haiti incident, there was a 7.0 earthquake which killed or injured a lot of people and destroyed most of their infrastructure.   All the important information in an SMS post and everything after that point is just entertainment.