Readers can easily forward interesting news items to others.
The news can be presented in a rich formats, which in addition to multi-colour printing, can have videos.
Once a news item is put on the Internet, it becomes instantly available for use round the globe without additional variable costs.
News provider can get detailed data on popularity of news items.
This information can help in better choice of information put on the site.
The lead time required between occurrence of an event and news making on it available on the Internet has reduced considerably. Some items of news like stock market prices are now available almost in real-time.
However, there are other areas where newspapers score over the Internet-news.
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