Who needs subscriptions? The U.K. public pays a mandatory license fee tax to fund the British Broadcasting Corporation. As a result, BBC TV, radio and websites are generally advertising-free. Now, the BBC Trust, the board overseeing the Beeb's operations, has approved a plan to put ads on BBC webpages for international readers. Apparently, users "did not express a strong objection" to advertising. How very commercial of them. (Photo by AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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