Increasingly, the news ‘scoop' is found online

INCREASINGLY, SCOOP IS FOUND ONLINE
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Peter Johnson]
Has the home page eclipsed the front page as the go-to place for breaking news and highly touted exclusives? News executives say yes, that on many days and for many stories, their dot-com properties have started to supersede their traditional news products. The shift is being driven by improved broadband and wireless technology, which makes Web video and text more accessible and allows people to get news when and where they want it, whether it's on their home or office computer, on the road via handheld wireless device or by cellphone. The technological revolution is generating fierce competition. As a result, newspaper editors who once saved their best stuff for Page 1, and television producers who held it for the evening news, are increasingly moving quickly to the Web so they don't get scooped. Even local news outlets are erasing decades-old news deadlines and merging online and traditional news teams into 24/7 operations.
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