I think it's a sign of the times - more and more websites want your email address, and not offer free viewing any longer.Despite all this "Our Updated Privacy Policy Notification" which every site likes to run by visitors, most of them reserve the right to sell / share your email info with a third party. As more and more visitors have adblocks on their computers, these sites can no longer have a cash revenue dependent on advertisers (if the ad doesn't load, they don't get credit). So now you need to 'register' with your email to access info - or get news feeds, etc. So this way they can have an extra cash flow revenue once again.