Some advice for newspapers from their European cousins

Now, from the land of the healthy (newspapers at least), some advice on how newspapers could thrive. The story is about European newspapers. According to Eric Pfanner in the New York Times, some have found a business model that not only is saving them, but some newspapers have thrived.  Among successful strategies, a weight loss club, online streaming of soccer and a social network. All are fee-based, by the way.