Four: their metric for success is web volume: "Its Web traffic ... far outstrips The New York Times (and even BuzzFeed) in the number of online posts its repor

Four: their metric for success is web volume: "Its Web traffic ... far outstrips The New York Times (and even BuzzFeed) in the number of online posts its reporters file every day." And "Today, the office has the feel of a tech startup well-blessed by the VC gods. Video screens scrolling Web analytics hang above the newsroom." Not news alerts. Not stock tickers. Web analytics are the coin of their realm.