Digital Friday: Buying what’s free. Pericles Toscas, President Toscas Group While all revelations and revolutions seem to be explosive, I believe they build slowly and ignite with one spark. My spark? John Kass. My frustration? The Chicago Tribune limiting my ability to view his articles without a paid subscription. How dare they?, I thought. This is the Internet, Jack: No-holds-barred, free information for the masses. Then something I had been feeling for a long time crept up into the back of my head—it was my long-building revelation. I pulled out my credit card and paid for the Chicago Tribune. But…

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