Eric Sad news that The Independent is moving online only, always enjoyed their print edition, their website not so much.

Mark Dain All news websites seem to be awful, I never figured out why there isn't some clean, minimal, fast to load site that just shows you the article and perhaps some adverts for revenue (journalists are expensive), but only static images, nothing flashy. Is this really so much to ask?

Simon Janes Problem really is the floor of value is so low there's no reason to try. If you ask for anything in a news site, most people just go somewhere else where they can get it for free. News has become simultaneously worthless and ubiquitous.