I think the point is that a cheaper subscription model would bring in a lot of new subscribers that were previously paying nothing. There's a quote that goes a

I think the point is that a cheaper subscription model would bring in a lot of new subscribers that were previously paying nothing. There's a quote that goes along the lines of "those who don't read the news are uninformed; those who read the news are misinformed". For me, I see NYT as one of the more credible new sources, but it has a history of bias against reforms to wealth inequality, which is an important issue for me. Accordingly, I can't justify using it as my sole source of news, and I can't afford to pay more than $20/mo total for this sort of expense. So, an option to pay $20/mo for access to 5-6 different news sources would be really appealing to me. Until then, I'll keep using my 3 free articles / month from the random news outlets that get posted to HN/reddit.