The future of content on the internet lies elswhere, I hope

Well, quite. As a matter of economics, it is indeed true that if the excellent-quality news website which is currently provided to me for free by the BBC were to disappear, then it would be easier for the Evening Standard to charge me money to read similar content produced by Paul Waugh. But I hope I'm not being excessively short-sighted and selfish if I confess that I don't really see what's in this for me.