An EZ-PASS for local news sites?

Three sites I read somewhat regularly, the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune (sports mostly) all have limits on the number of articles I can read every month.

And occasionally I read sites that I aggregate on mlbriver.com and nbariver.com. That’s about 50 more local sites.

They all want $5 a month or more.

I pay for the NYT because it’s my hometown paper, but I’m not going to pay for a local paper of another city.

So why don’t they band together and do an E-Z PASS type thing. For $5 a month instead of 5 articles on each site, I get 100. The out-of-towner rate.

Also I think linkbloggers should get access for free. :-)

And yes, I can prove I’m a linkblogger.