• Forbes, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 3:30 PM

Interesting. Seems that USA Today, whose circulation (more than half) is dependent on hotel guest readership, has been charging those guests without quite telling them, either. The cost is buried in a hotel bill, but guests can request a refund if they notice it (most don't, to the tune of an extra $82 million a year, according to Jeff Bercovici).

The practice has pissed off one guest, who is suing -- Hilton Hotels, not Gannett -- "but it may be the publisher that has more to lose," writes Bercovici.

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