Also, because newspapers compete head-to-head with television news organizations in the online world. I think this was one of the major original reasons why th

Also, because newspapers compete head-to-head with television news organizations in the online world. I think this was one of the major original reasons why the newspapers felt they had to go online for free in the late 90's. TV news organizations have much less concern that free online news articles will cannibalize their profit center.