"The reason that there is an "archive" content interest is because people can actually find and access that content, and we can apply metrics to observe people acquiring and consuming that content. That desire isn't new – it's just possible. If, by some quirk of physics, going through old newspapers was less than a complete tedium and physical pain in the ass, many more people would of done it, and for exactly the same reasons as people go through archival content online today – because it has information on something that is not part of the current, momentary, news cycle.. But that's no real reason for "explainer" sites, and the main reason for that is no one goes to the archives to have things "explained" to them. They want to know something, they go read it or look at it. They want to know what the thoughts of the time, the moment, was when that piece was written. They are not looking to be taught, they're looking to teach themselves. That is the core disconnect between the whole..." - Alexander Williams