USA Today has launched, and is charging money for, a full-scale “e-Edition.” It’s a fully zoomable, clickable, searchable reproduction of the print paper. It adds direct links to online videos, computer-solvable puzzles, and text-to-speech functions.

My opinion: It’s a step toward the future of online news. But it’s held back by its fidelity to the print paper’s layout. The digital news product that will make it will be one that’s fully made from the ground up for on-screen reading.