Axel Springer bans adblock users from Bild online

By Harro Ten Wolde FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Axel Springer has banned readers who use adblockers from its Bild tabloid website, stepping up a fight by publishers to stop online advertising revenues being eroded. Springer said visitors to the website of Bild, Europe's top-selling tabloid, will be asked to switch off the adblocker or pay a monthly fee of 2.99 euros ($3.40) to browse the website mostly ad-free. Publishers are struggling with the increasing popularity of software that blocks t