Internet News: how it's organized (and other stuff)

So today I was browsing the internet looking for interesting things to read and the first thing I noticed was the way the sites are organized.  I was scanning BBC news The Daily Mail and Boston.com for worthy stories and I found that nearly every one was accompanied by a video.  I watched a couple of them, just for additional information, and a lot of the quotes from the article came directly from the accompanying video.  For this reason, a lot of the information was repeated but I did appreciate having a second option of getting the story.  Also, the video added some nice visuals to go with the story that just really hit home with the reader.  For example, I was reading a story about the possible chemical attacks in Syria last week and possible military action from the UK and the video showed some pretty graphic images of victims of the attack.  It was a really powerful way for the reader to get a direct visual of what happened in Damascus last week.  Another way the news is organized online is through topics.  The main page of the site has lots of headlines and breaking news stories with links to more information on those stories as background or just accompanying articles.  Then there are topic for the reader to choose what type of story they want to read.  Like a print edition, online news sources still post what they consider to be the most important stories on the front then bury the "less important" stories elsewhere.