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by msbarnett 2425 days ago
> the targeted audience(s) for which their advertisers pay an (assumed) premium.

Online advertising does not work this way, and has not for years. Advertisers bid on the right to show users an ad, per ad, based on all of the surveilled data known about that user. Deadspin will get the best bid price per-user regardless of what demographic the winning advertiser was targeting.