It's the only newspaper with much of a connection to objective, fair, non-selective reportage. And it knows that.

Your alternative is a Bloomberg terminal. How much are they, again?

my workplace provides paid access to its employees. seems equally absurd like oreilly.com access or research paper platforms that schools sometimes pay for.

they bank on enterprise billing to keep the lights on.

Probably everyday folk bypass the paywall, so that's mostly paid by professionals who need it?