OJR article: L.A. Times Hoping Time Is Right in Move to Monetize Niche ContentI think this a model dreamed up by people who don't really use or understand the Internet. I could see getting an itemized statement each month a listing of charges for info I browsed, and providing items were billed via micropayments, paying for content like we pay for phone calls. Time will tell. I used to get the NYTimes updates, but since they started charging about $20 per year for them, I use google's free alerts or just take the time to search and find by myself. They had 500,000 users when it was free. Now they have 20,000 in the paid model.