'Times' joins attack of the newsies

For a while, it appeared that intrusive marketing was on the way out. This is the Age of Engagement, right? Americans flocked to sign up for the Do Not Call list, pop-up blockers are standard, and DVRs are in vogue. However, newspaper companies, the old friend of the telemarketing call, don’t agree. Seeing their reader base slowly die off, they have a new tactic: free tabloids with short, wire-service copy. (Fair enough, the Times can be hard to get through, particularly those