I thinks 'iTunes for news' is an excellent idea. I would pay for stories. I will not pay for AP stories or similar ones. Usually the headline contains as much

I thinks 'iTunes for news' is an excellent idea. I would pay for stories. I will not pay for AP stories or similar ones. Usually the headline contains as much content as the story. What I will pay for are those incredibly written expose stories that appear in magazines from time to time. I do not care enough about music to purchase a subscription to Rolling Stone. I do want to read their longer essays though, for example the one on McCain a couple months ago. I never would have thought to read Gourmet. But I loved David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster. I would have paid for that article alone. The rest of the magazine doesn't interest me much. I would also pay for newspaper stories that are more than just daily reporting. I want the investigative stuff. Stories with insight. I would consider a monthly subscription to the WSJ so I could get their daily news. I would pay for the WSJ and NYT op-ed pages so I could read the letters written by CEO's. big time politicians, etc.