http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/03/startups-slovakia
The headline of the story, "Paywalls open doors," isn't very descriptive, so I made this a text post in order to use a more descriptive title.
tl;dr: A three-year experiment in Slovakia has demonstrated the viability of a business model for online news sites that mirrors the way cable TV subscriptions work. You pay a flat monthly fee for access to a bundle of news sites.