[Brandybux]

"I couldn’t get to the article ..."

Here's how you get to the article without a subscription (at least for a few days, before the procedure itemized below generates a broken link):

• Copy the aricle's headline to your computer's clipboard. This needs to be accurate.
• Navigate to Google News.
• In the search field at the top of the page, paste the article's headline from your computer's clipboard; then either hit the RETURN key or click on the blue button at the right end of the search field.
• The article you're seeking is at the top of the resulting list of results for the search. Click on that link.
• Viola!

This also works with the Financial Times, though that site may ask you to answer an inane question first.

[Gen.Blather]

“Here’s how you get to the article without a subscription “

Cool. Thanks.

[khelus]

Thanks. That’s a very useful hint.

[cynwoody]

Here's how you get to the article without a subscription (at least for a few days, before the procedure itemized below generates a broken link):

The reason that works is that your browser sends a Referer header indicating you were referred by Google.

You see, in order to build traffic, some subscription sites have chosen to let users clicking on search engine results bypass their paywalls. So, they check the Referer, and, if it indicates you are coming from Google, they let you in.

There are several handy browser extensions which spoof the Referer, either based on the domain you are trying to reach or all the time. E.g., for Chrome, there is Referer Control, and for Firefox, there is RefControl. Here's what RefControl's configuration dialog looks like: