Just a generation ago, most households paid for newspaper subscriptions, and even some magazines. I'm forming this hypothesis on the fly, but I wonder if pe

Just a generation ago, most households paid for newspaper subscriptions, and even some magazines. I'm forming this hypothesis on the fly, but I wonder if people had a deep-seeded notion that they were paying for the delivery (the paper, ink, on their doorstep) vs. the content. "I pay for you to bring the news to me" where today, "I come to your forum to hear what's going on." I'm also wondering if there needs to be more journalism as a public good—or a nonprofit. Not tabloids or 24-hour-newscycle hysteria, but true investigative reporting.