I value privacy, and I pay for email. I pay for it in part so that it's not gmail and ad-focused. I probably would pay for a social network (if I used social networks).

You got me at news, I like free news. The problem with news is that my news doesn't come from a single source, so I'd feel a little foolish paying for the New York Times (which I read often, and subscribe to their free headline service), since there's so much other good news sources in addition. NYT doesn't seem special enough to pay for, when there are legal ways to read it free and when the same news is often reported elsewhere, and usually reported just as well.

News is tough.