Why Newspapers are Writing the Wrong Articles for the Web

Are the stories newspapers write fundamentally ill-suited for the web?The standard news article that’s been around for more than a century, a concise but comprehensive roundup of facts, still dominates news publishing. But those articles were designed for a specific distribution model, the printed newspaper, which was determined by physical and industrial processes and constraints.But business news website Quartz has found that its readers are avoiding this sort of middle ground online.Quartz’s experience suggests these trends are part of a broader phenomoen in the digital age which is reflected in how digital consumers want to be told stories.