In an electronic world, the news hole is nearly infinite. There are no newsprint expenses, no dead trees. And nothing need ever disappear. One of the problems that handicaps current hypertext systems is that readers get lost. They make so many jumps away from the article they started reading, they can't find their way back.
Frustrated readers are likely to desert the medium.
The reader can place an electronic bookmark anywhere in the current article. The reader can come back in a few minutes or next week. They can click on a spot to return to it. Other print conventions such as a table of contents and an index can be used in hypertext, but they are not always appropriate. Some readers will always turn first to Metro and ignore Sports.