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We found no free report of these stories, so here is the cheapest legal way into each outlet.

El País

If you live in the Madrid region or Castilla-La Mancha, borrow today's El País free with your library card on eBiblio; Madrid city libraries also let you read it by QR code. Otherwise the cheapest subscription we could confirm is the Basic plan at €115.99 a year in the app.

  • Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Madrid (Spain)
  • Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
  • Read El País by QR code in Madrid city libraries (Spain)
Every legal way to read El País

The New York Times

If your public library licenses the Times, your card gets you a free pass, usually for 24 or 72 hours, that you can renew whenever it runs out.

  • Free 72-hour pass with a public library card (United States)
  • 24-hour passes at some libraries (United States)
  • Print replica on PressReader via your library (United States)
Every legal way to read The New York Times

The Economist

Read the weekly edition free on PressReader with a library card if your library offers it. Otherwise, students and teachers should take the 75%-off annual plan.

  • Full weekly edition on PressReader with a library card (United States)
  • University group subscription (United States)
  • Gift articles from Premium subscribers (United States)
Every legal way to read The Economist

The Atlantic

If you already pay for Apple News+, The Atlantic is included. If not, look for the latest magazine issues free in your library's Flipster or PressReader app.

  • Digital magazine issues on Flipster with a library card (United States)
  • Magazine issues on PressReader via your library (United States)
  • Free site access through your college or university (United States)
Every legal way to read The Atlantic

The Wall Street Journal

In the US, check whether your public library or college offers free WSJ passes. Elsewhere, Apple News+ is the simplest paid route that includes WSJ stories.

  • Free 72-hour passes with a public library card (United States)
  • School-sponsored WSJ membership at partner colleges (United States)
  • Corporate subscription through your employer (United States)
Every legal way to read The Wall Street Journal

El Confidencial

Read the articles without the EC Exclusivo label for free; for the rest, the lowest price we could confirm is the iPhone app's offer from €4.99 a month, and students should check the website's student offer first.

  • Company subscriptions for staff (Spain)
  • Gift subscription (Spain)
  • Free articles without the EC Exclusivo label (Spain)
Every legal way to read El Confidencial

Le Parisien

Students should first check whether their university library gives Europresse access, which carries Le Parisien; otherwise the Solo offer at €1 for two months, then €8.99 a month, is the cheapest full access.

  • Le Parisien in Europresse through your university (France)
  • Group subscriptions for companies, public bodies and schools (France)
  • Free articles and gifted articles (France)
Every legal way to read Le Parisien

The Times and The Sunday Times

UK students should take the Student Beans plan at £9.99 a year; everyone else can read the text of The Times free through a UK library's NewsBank service, or get it as part of Apple News+.

  • Read The Times text free through your library's NewsBank service (United Kingdom)
  • Times and Sunday Times Digital Archive for older articles (United Kingdom)
  • Times Radio, free on DAB and in its app (United Kingdom)
Every legal way to read The Times and The Sunday Times

Reuters

If you hit the Reuters paywall often, the plain subscription at US$4 (or £4) a month is the cheapest full route; students should first try their university library's Factiva or Nexis Uni access.

  • Reuters wire stories through your university library (United States)
  • Some articles free without a subscription (United States)
  • Reuters World News podcast (United States)
Every legal way to read Reuters

The Globe and Mail

The current flash sale (C$0.49/week for the first 24 weeks) is the cheapest full subscription; for free reading, use your public library's ProQuest or Gale news database from home, or PressReader inside a branch.

  • Library news databases from home (ProQuest, Gale) (Canada)
  • PressReader inside a library branch (Canada)
  • School-provided subscription (Globe Campus) (Canada)
Every legal way to read The Globe and Mail

How this list is made. The ranking comes from aggregated, anonymous counts of paywalled links that readers asked about on 12 November 2026; a link appears only if at least 5 different readers asked about it. We never open the paywalled article: titles are rebuilt from the link itself, so their wording can differ from the headline. Free reports come from the public feeds of outlets that allow it, matched when the day closed. 1 other stories had neither a free report nor a legal route we have checked, so they are left out.

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