@Matt - So if all we have to make money is the content, what are the options? Display ads, affiliates, paid reviews, ect.

I didn't address this in the main post but it's important to note that many WordPress companies/services, especially theme and plugin companies don't need to advertise. For the most part, companies like GravityForms purchase display advertising for the sole purpose of supporting that site, not for the advertising benefits. Affiliate programs provide all of the advertising most of these companies need. So that becomes an issue when the only thing we have to monetize here is the content.

In the case of wanting the maximum amount of exposure for the content, you can't put up a paywall or tell people to pay for some sort of membership. So that limits content restriction.

I guess you could take the content and place it into an ebook but for the most part, news centric websites for WordPress contain a majority of time sensitive information.