Why would I pay for a media that humiliates me, writes biased articles and tells me that I am a bad person because my political views differ from theirs?
I am actually kind of glad that the media landscape is changing, because they way it has been has been terrifying. I'm not american, so I can't speak for new york times but the layoffs in the shit-media that was buzzfeed and others like it is just good news.
I'd rather see a world without a news media than with them being the only option. But I do pay, for alt-media.