I thinks 'iTunes for news' is an excellent idea. I would pay for stories.

I will not pay for AP stories or similar ones. Usually the headline contains as much content as the story.

What I will pay for are those incredibly written expose stories that appear in magazines from time to time. I do not care enough about music to purchase a subscription to Rolling Stone. I do want to read their longer essays though, for example the one on McCain a couple months ago.

I never would have thought to read Gourmet. But I loved David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster. I would have paid for that article alone. The rest of the magazine doesn't interest me much.

I would also pay for newspaper stories that are more than just daily reporting. I want the investigative stuff. Stories with insight.

I would consider a monthly subscription to the WSJ so I could get their daily news.

I would pay for the WSJ and NYT op-ed pages so I could read the letters written by CEO's. big time politicians, etc.

I share your preference but I think as long as a significant number of people still buy the entire magazine or even a subscription to get the 'great stories', unbundling will only hurt publishers' profits.

Maybe. But maybe the people that want the magazine will keep the subscription and the publishers will gain me as a customer.

I read BusinessWeek every week. I pay for that subscription. They would not lose me as a customer if they went on iNews.