Digital first" = "Content-first

The Seattle Times has completed a major restructuring of its newsroom, aiming to shift the focus from the print cycle to the paper's digital content, as The Knight Digital Media Center reports. The paper joins other publications, like the Witchita Eagle, that have recently reorganised their newsroom to prioritise digital content. 

In reading that The Seattle Times is moving its focus from the print cycle to a focus on digital content -- based around "Creation, Curation and Community" I'm left thinking about a content-first newsroom, and whether they are one and the same.