Check out Blendle. It's pay-per-article news from all the big sources. NYTimes, WSJ, WaPo, Economist, etc. I use it a lot, paying between $0.09 and $0.59 per article.
And at the bottom of each one is a "refund" button that's no questions asked.
And at the bottom of each one is a "refund" button that's no questions asked.
The trick to keeping me paying is to make me forget I am paying once you have convinced me.
"NYTimes, WSJ, WaPo, Economist" big journalist engines like these are part of the problem, even with this new style market place we wont fix the real problem until the service is cutting cheques directly to the authors.