Ahh, this is an important note. My first thought seeing this post was, "finally, a Spotify for the news!"
I do think that over time more opportunities for, at first, skinny bundles will emerge but the world isn't there yet at the scale you'd want.
So here's my argument: You don't charge enough money. It's the same mistake literally everyone ahead of you has already made before failing. Charge more money. Charge what seems like an absurd amount of money. Because you need a large pool to get people through the door. It's easier to cut prices than to raise them. Charge more damn money.
More selfishly: I can help you with the paywalls thing without cookies. jacques@robojar.com.