I'd pay given the right structure. Eg I'd pay fifty cents to a buck for a given article. But monthly recurring payments to several different publishers? Hard pass.
50 cents is far too much. I just read that article and it was pretty much just filler.
Yeah, I'm not paying 30€ to read three or four stories like these, and I have no intention of reading the WSJ outside of the few HN links I click on. I already pay monthly fees for other publications.