Steve Brill of Journalism Online has made several agreements with newspapers to charge for their online content. Journalism Online is pushing a “common platform” for news websites to charge annual, monthly and per-article fees.” Brill argues that by mixing free and paid offerings, newspapers can gain subscription revenue from 5-10% of their users, while preserving a supermajority of their page views and ad revenue.
You can read the Nieman Lab post about Brill’s proposal here.