Blogger is free
I’m not a frequenter of that portion of the site; but, I would assume it consists of commentary about videos and other material rather than the actual material itself. If that is true and the blog portion is still open but not the part with the “nitty gritty” stuff, that is evidence of foul play by hackers, in my opinion...
A lack of making payments would likely result in the entirety of the site being shut down; unless, it is operated as an entirely separate site somehow. I’m afraid I don’t have the necessary expertise in such matters to know if that is likely or even possible.