I don't disagree with your statements but that doesn't mean I'll be paying and here is why: I read articles from probably 15 different sites every day (and not same 15 from day to day).  I simply can't afford to pay a subscription to every one of those sites nor do I want pay for just one site and get my news from a single source.<p>The problem is that this the same dead-tree business model moved to the web.  It might appeal to people who consume their information in the classical morning newspaper way but I suspect that is a dwindling market.