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Yes I do the same. Paying for news (NZZ in Switzerland) and avoiding sources that are incentivized to clickbait has made following the world something with a net positive for me again. It also had the strange effect of getting from being mildly offended by a clickbaity headline to feeling pity for those who had to go through the trouble of studying journalism and then being forced to write clickbaity garbage. What a waste. Still better than starving I guess.

If you want a broader mix in conjunction with pay-per-article, take a look at https://blendle.com/

that's helpful, I am using those news outlet's respective mobile apps and interfaces but more perspective is nice too. there are headlines that just aren't even surfaced in publications depending on the leaning

Why not just use AP and Reuter ?

because I have access to those too. but those other three are so interesting.