I am seeing more newspaper publishers offering more aggressive offers for digital access. The latest in this push from The New York Times being promoted through Twitter. I signed up and sure enough I have free digital access for eight weeks.
I declined the 99c offer to extend out to 12 weeks as I want to see what they do at the end of 8 weeks.
Publishers are on a race to the bottom with these offers. This is why discussions about other models to fund professional journalism are vital. A health democracy depends on strong independent journalism. The financial model at the core of this for more than 100 years has collapsed.