When news on paper was dominant, there was a natural day-rhythm all over the world within media houses. The paper was a record of "yesterday". Today, all news are written in NOW (present form). Radio and TV have rhythms that are not a daily occurrence but are broadcasted several times a day. On the web this can happen by the minute.
Media houses have dedicated web journalists and paper journalists. Sometimes the journalists do both. But usually they are dedicated to one platform.
Breaking news is driven by "actuality" and is considered extremely important by media houses. If it was not possible to be the media that "broke" the story, then the efforts go into being in the second wave of news about the event.
Today's common stories. If the media wants to be considered credible, it has to bring stories that everyone else brings. Like decisions in the supreme courts etc.
Solo-stories. They are easy to manage and produce in a closed environment, where the competitors can't steal the story. It's possible to "break" it in the paper and is good to create public attention and a clear profile for the media house.
Timeless news. The story that don't hit the consumer directly but have great societal importance like international trade agreements, WTO etc.
One of dangers of web news is that media houses often copy-paste stories from each other. This means that factual errors are also copy-pasted. There is no research and no source criticism.
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