Notes from the World of Interactive Journalism

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5 Ways Newspapers Botched the Web

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Tribune Co. Suffers Attack of A.D.D.

Retooled Tribune apparently won't
look like this

From Crain's Chicago Business
Contrary to a prototype leaked to E&P, the Chicago Tribune won't splash its "Trib" nickname atop the front page, reports Ann Saphir. She's told that more recent prototypes show the paper using the full name in its traditional gothic font but with "Chicago" and "Tribune" stacked on top of one another, creating a box that can be moved depending on the page's design needs. The new look debuts Sept. 29. [Click for MORE]

From Crain's Chicago Business

EARLIER: A drastically different look — even a new name — could be in store for the Chicago Tribune if a prototype making the rounds online is any indication.

Copies of the redesign sample obtained by industry publication Editor & Publisher show the banner atop Page 1 with the paper's long-time nickname, the Trib, front and center.

The E&P copy is believed to be one of many design changes that has been under consideration.

Tribune Co. Chief Operating Officer Randy Michaels ordered redesigns of all the Chicago-based media company's papers — along with cuts in editorial output and staff — in a bid to trim costs as circulations decline and advertising revenues plummet. He’s stated the company goal to cut editorial content to 50% of the typical paper, down from about 66% today, allowing Tribune to eliminate a collective 500 pages weekly.

A Tribune Co. spokesman told Editor & Publisher the prototype should be considered “a work in progress” and refused to comment further on redesign efforts ahead of the retooled paper’s debut, expected by the end of September. [Click for MORE]

But the other Tribune papers do look like this


The Baltimore Sun has launched it's own redesign with a splash. Read all about it HERE. Old design is lower left.

Number 3 to redesign was the Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. The old page is left. Read more about it HERE.



The South Florida Sun-Sentinel was the second paper to redesign. Read all about it HERE.

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Uh-oh, Where Did Those Newspaper Web Ads Go?

File this under "It can always get worse." Amid the constant stream of circulation declines, vanishing ads and staff reductions that have afflicted print newspapers, some major publishers are seeing online-revenue declines for the first time.

Tribune Co., Lee Enterprises and E.W. Scripps all reported declines in web advertising during the most recent quarter, a worrying development in an industry that has been able to count on the uninterrupted growth of its websites during a period in which it has been able to count on little else. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content

Very Mixed Media

> New Los Angeles Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein asserts independence
> Are editors a luxury that we can do without?
> McClatchy to impose pay freeze
> US publisher Gannett to axe 1,000 staff posts
> Is the Kindle ebook reader becoming Amazon's iPod?
> St. Pete Times loses 200 to early retirement, avoids layoffs
> Rockford Register Star lays off 13
> Plain Dealer offers buyout to non-union workers
> Downsizing the News And Pretending to Increase Quality
> 'Arkansas Democrat-Gazette' Freezes Salaries, Hiring -- But Vows No Layoffs
> 'Buffalo News' Extends Buyouts to 10% Of Staff -- 'Modesto Bee' Offers to All
> Daytona Beach News Journal is for sale
> N.Y. Daily News looks to slash 25 jobs
> Star-Telegram initiates separation program

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'I Don't Think He Gets Journalism'

Mike Smith, executive director of the Media Management Center at Northwestern University, comments on Sam Zell and Tribune Co.

--Hattip: News of the Sun

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Yikes! Everyone Gets Kicked to the Curb!

> Gannett said laying off 600 newspaper employees; pub's memo says cuts among total 1,000 jobs axed
A Maryland publisher told employees late this afternoon that Gannett is eliminating 1,000 newspaper jobs, or about 3% of the troubled newspaper division's workforce -- and that about 600 employees are being laid off, a Gannett Blog reader says. [Click for MORE]

> Charges drag Tribune to $4.5 billion 2Q loss
> Trib value fell $20 million a day under Zell
> Sun-Times Media swings to 2Q loss
> Cox to sell off several newspapers, Valpak operations
> Cox to sell Austin American-Statesman, Austin360.com
> News-Journal Corp. officially for sale
> Journal Register Reports Assets of $77 Million -- And Liabilities of $719 Million
> Houston, San Antonio Dailies Discuss Joint Feature Production
> Observer offers employee buyouts
> Post Co. Reports First Operating Loss in 37 Years
> McClatchy writes down value of its 25.6% stake in Classified Ventures
> McClatchy's Lexington Herald-Leader offers yet another buyout package
> McClatchy lowers estimated value of Seattle Times to $9.9M
> Baltimore Sun to undergo a reinvention, not just a redesign

Tribune's So. Florida Sun-Sentinel: Old look, left; New look, right. [Click for DETAILS]

And The Good News?

> CNN to put "all-platform journalists" in 10 US cities
> Huffington Post's Chicago site to launch on Thursday
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