Because the product isn't the newsprint, it's what's written on it. By your own math, a subscription is 65% cheaper than it once was -- but the reporting is st

Because the product isn't the newsprint, it's what's written on it. By your own math, a subscription is 65% cheaper than it once was -- but the reporting is still expensive. Try outfitting a team to go into a war zone, or maintain bureaus, etc. The problem is that the "good enough" free articles are usually just rewrites of the ones from the people who did the reporting.