Home assignment: What are the most important news websites and what are their characteristics?

Please, choose one of these media institutions and look at its website. Prepare circa 5 minute presentation about its online presence (see the checklist). To avoid that two people will prepare the same title pls write your choice as a comment. First come, first served. If you choose media anybody else has chosen earlier, you have to pick another one.
Thanks!

• The New York Times
• Washington Post
• USA Today
• LA Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Drudge Report
• Salon.com
• Slate.com
• BBC
• CNN
• Huffington Post
• Politico
• Newser
• Gawker
• Mail Online
• Reuters
• The Guardian

Checklist:

founded?

owner, publisher, editor?

type?

audience?

history?

free, behind paywall, etc.?

strenghts?

weaknesses?

your opinion?