I’ve often thought about a model like this and would love to see a few news outlets run it as a pilot and see how it stacks up.

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mikeyouse 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Many have tried it (as well as the oft-recommended micropayments idea) and it never justifies the added expense and overhead of the customization. Closest is probably the NYTimes’ gift article feature.

	▲	Dylan16807 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I really doubt the implementation difficulty is the actual reason. It's not hard to have an extra table of specific article permissions.