Definitely better. Next suggestion would be to decrease spacing between each header and its details below, as well as minimize the number of font sizes you have (your by line and your tags lines are 1.5em and 1.6em, your header is another size and it also differs from the number size on the left of it). These things are more stylistic design choices, whereas the font type was definitely a usability concern.

Personally I would pick a font that is less vertically stretched, but again, stylistic choice at this point.