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I agree that the real solution is that there has to be a pay model that works. I don't want to pay $99 per year for every newspaper site I might visit, but I would pay $99 per year for some consolidated and trustworthy news source that gathered the news I needed from the places I need it.

There has to be better content tools rather than better ad tools.

Paying zero dollars for news and content is a failed experiment.

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This.

I assume there is some legacy inertia or opposing force to this in the publishing industry - would be interested to understand the thinking, as it seems like an obvious win for publishers.

You should check Blendle.com. You Can pay per article.

I just signed up for the beta. Looks interesting.

It did have to do a double-take as it looks to be part of Medium, which just shut down two major offices and laid off a bunch of people today.

Hoping for the best!

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