[alnorth]

It seems to be working fine for Spotify and Netflix. Is there something special about journalism that means it wouldn't work there?

[manigandham]

It's barely working for Spotify and Netflix is testing ads.

Music and movies are highly repeatable and have production costs that users recognize and value. News and general content is not valued the same so nobody wants to pay for it. The severe dropoff in any paywalled site shows the effect of charging for news.