Nope. No, they most certainly do not.<p>The web is SO GOOD at serving content. Really, <i>really</i> great at it.<p>Games? Streaming live video? Super high frame rate UI animations? Not quite there yet.<p>But man, it's a fantastic platform for delivering text to an outrageously broad array of devices.<p>News sites don't need mobile apps. They need content people care about and a URL. Nothing more.