This study analyzes funding of content at a sample of 395 Web sites. Significant relationships were found between interactivity and funding source and between property values and funding source. No significant relationship was found between audience size and funding source. Implications of these evolving models are discussed for educators, practitioners, and public policy makers. Almost half of the staff in online editorial boards have journalistic duties.
Technical duties are of growing importance.
The majority of online editorial boards surveyed depend on the editorial decisions of the print editors. Articles for the online version are rarely edited. Very few external links and no graphic or sound effects were added. About two-thirds of users would have chosen the print newspaper and just under a third would have preferred the online version if only one of the versions had been available. In this study several aspects of the usability of an online newspaper are examined.