I like it to some degree, but I think they're missing the point. Their traditional audience would have a very hard time reading the newspaper like power web users do. I think that you have to have a way to distinguish the "headline" news from the "hey, read this over here" second tier stories. I do think, it's a good experiment and worth exploring more.
Essentially, it's investigative reporting. It sounds like they want to focus more on "news" as defined by press release, which probably is not a good thing.
This seems like a power move to gain international traction, but it immediately discounts it as a good source for national news, as it traditionally has been.
On one hand, I like this because it might skew "news" production toward positive news stories. On the other hand, I dislike it because the news should just be the news and the business of the news should not skew the content of the news. But, that's probably too much to ask these days.
I can't help but feel that this article was targeted toward TV news.
I usually read the news online. And most of the time, reading only the title is enough to be informed.
It just takes a few minutes per day.
reply