Romenesko

Slate
Newspapers were early to the web, notes Jack Shafer, but they failed to be innovative. Instead, they sought to invent the web in their own image by repurposing the copy, values, and temperament found in their print editions. "Despite being early arrivals, despite having spent millions on manpower and hardware, despite all the animations, links, videos, databases, and other software tricks found on their sites, every newspaper website is instantly identifiable as a newspaper website. By succeeding, they failed to invent the web."