If I have one observation as to why design may not play a key role in the display of breaking news on mobile devices, it is that in a majority of cases there is no art direction involved. Many of our mobile devices work from pure templates, almost 100%. Breaking news filters automatically to the devices and perhaps only a LATEST NEWS label is what differentiates it from the rest. Not that it has to be, but just the reality of the situation.
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