Paying a small fee to read single articles has been tried many times, and failed. These payments amount to single digit percents of revenue, all the money is in

Paying a small fee to read single articles has been tried many times, and failed. These payments amount to single digit percents of revenue, all the money is in subscribers. Because the people who wouldn't pay for a subscription wouldn't pay for a single article either. There are two things that I think would work: Either mass syndication, so that your subscription gives you access to a ton of publication and the publications making their money from masses of people signing up. Or that people copy and paste a short and relevant part of an article instead of linking to it, when discussing it. I think that is fair use.