[yifanl]

> Also, and I hate to say this because nobody likes this model, but what if news took on a cable TV model where you pay $20/month and subscribe to a few different pubs, maybe even allowing you to make your own bundles?

You're describing the New York Times subscription model, fwiw.

[troyvit]

As in: when I subscribe to the NYTimes Games app I also get a newspaper? (kidding!) When I look at their subscription page it just shows the paper and a few other bespoke properties like Wirecutter. (https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/all-access)

[yifanl]

https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/cooking.html

You'll have to scroll down (and visit each individual page) to get to the separate subscription plans, because dark patterns, but it is still available as an option.