part of the HBO model is you can’t sell crap. If it’s not the best out there, no one’s gonna put up money for it. This is exactly why the subscription model wi

part of the HBO model is you can’t sell crap. If it’s not the best out there, no one’s gonna put up money for it. This is exactly why the subscription model will fail. It's practically impossible for the newspapers, even the big ones, to constantly churn out material thats worth paying for. If subscriptions really do happen, a few people will just get subscriptions and put up their own versions of http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/ for the rest of the people by rewording, massaging and summarising news without any attribution whatsoever. It's a fallacy to think anyone can really control content delivery online. P.S. To be fair, the analogy is a slight bit off - not everything on HBO is worth paying for either. But the difference is that noone can rip off HBO shows while anyone can rip off the NYTimes. If there's a need for it.