"The book focuses on the migration of newspapers onto the Internet, but also examines the development of news Web sites by other news organizations. The book offers a historical perspective by tracing the early developments of online news provision prior to the Internet. It places the establishment of news Web sites by current news organizations in the context of the wider application of Web sites by business.

It reviews the fresh news presentation opportunities offered by the Internet, but addresses also the serious implications these developments can have for the practice of journalism. Journalists need a wider range of skills, as do news consumers it they are to obtain maximum benefit from the use of online news."--BOOK JACKET.