I think paywalls have generally increased revenue when tried in the past although I don’t have a citation.
There is no growth opportunities so increasing prices to increase revenue at the expense of market share makes sense.
There is no growth opportunities so increasing prices to increase revenue at the expense of market share makes sense.
CNN in my opinion has no special content. It's just one of tens of national news sites, full of weird ad spam below the fold. I don't see this working well for them, but I've been wrong before.