I think Mr. Gruber has a very good point when it comes to general news sites, but several specialized sites do quite nicely with at least limited pay walls. ht

I think Mr. Gruber has a very good point when it comes to general news sites, but several specialized sites do quite nicely with at least limited pay walls. http://sqlmag.com/ http://sqlmag.com/ comes to mind. Other sites take a "freemium" approach quite successfully such as http://www.arstechnica.com http://www.arstechnica.com .