The economics of these micropayment models are not in the interest of publishers. This post I wrote called "Why isn't there a Netflix for News" may be helpful: https://blog.thefactual.com/why-isnt-there-a-netflix-for-new....
I think having the ability to subscribe to multiple publishers with a flat fee that you can spread across multiple people would go a long way.
Either with your family / friends or with some random on the internet, deciding on a bundle and pooling that money so that publishers get their $$ and you get multiple sources of content.