Attention is being paid to this story in the news world because the NYT has a model to sustain their business. With recent announcements that Newsweek is going out of print and the publishing arm of News Corp lost $2B in the last year, the industry outlook is still bleak. Although the paywall success is good news in the short run, the NYT is not growing. They recently announced more staff cuts, their 2-yr EPS outlook is flat, and they have $0.7B in debt on a $1.2B market cap.