It's like a news publisher version of The Hunger Games. Page-view targets vary from 250K to 1M per month -> UK's Daily Mirror gives journalists individual online page-view targets; some print reporters covering more serious news fear the targets will affect quality
"Page views is seen by some as a metric that encourages reporters to produce quickly-written stories with overly sensational headlines about a narrow range of topics."
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/mirror-page-view-targets-reach/