Among other things, that led to the objectivity standard and the bundling of products that were otherwise illogically placed with one another. Web economics free the publisher both from the press and the delivery trucks. And that makes for a very different medium. Separate Web products are possible for football fans and fashion followers, autos on one site and international news on another. They come in for a search and stay to browse.
Online design has to satisfy all mental models.
You can t exclude anything. Some newspaper people assume that browsing is the way to organize a site, but it s a no-brainer that it s not. Finally, there s design. Newspapers can afford to be designed purely to appeal to the eye, limited only by space. Web sites must be functional first, and are limited by screen size and download time.