@nic221 newspapers are not universal enough (Spotify/Netflix*) or specific enough (substack newsletters with a dedicated audience of 'true fans') to work as a subscription business. I personally would like to be able to pay a small amount per article, instead of all-you-can-eat or nothing, but I'm not sure if this is a widespread desire. For now newspapers are mostly losing the game of chicken with search engines (they make the whole content of the article available to crawlers, so I can read it for free on https://archive.today et al). In my home region they don't do it, which I imagine leads to very low organic growth, but maybe they don't care.

* seems to be showing its limitations with the proliferation of TV subscriptions...