Input Magazine: https://www.inputmag.com/

Bloomberg circa 2015 took some really bold chances, but it got dialed back pretty fast. https://www.wired.com/2015/02/haters-side-bloombergs-loud-re...

https://www.usatoday.com/ desktop site was leagues ahead of many news sites when it first launched around 2012, and might still be.

Haven’t judged its mobile site.

Check out https://breaking.ai

Some interesting stuff under the hood - it is very graphical but loads extremely fast, no ads or javascript

I recently discovered https://pudding.cool/

About: is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays.

Really cool stuff

orf.at minimalistic and fast