tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post9037852975423642548..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Brevard | Big redesign is prelude of more to comeJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22880664042165276192012-02-18T11:15:49.501-05:002012-02-18T11:15:49.501-05:00It's a newspaper trying to look like the front...It's a newspaper trying to look like the front page of a web site. Way too busy. It's fine if you want to stick a column next to the main story/headline on A1 but this new page...you look at it and wonder what it's all about. Some people call it a comic book front page look...totally not serious for a newspaper.<br /><br />I say pick the main story...hopefully one that will catch the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88066738606132364272012-02-07T12:32:50.270-05:002012-02-07T12:32:50.270-05:00It is not so much designed as decorated. Too hecti...It is not so much designed as decorated. Too hectic. Garish. Like a cheap you know what.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17400637328711552732012-02-07T06:40:18.980-05:002012-02-07T06:40:18.980-05:00The lead here isn't the good or bad of the des...The lead here isn't the good or bad of the design. It is the focus on print and doing 'something' for it. This design takes resources focused on print with an idea that they can do something about its decline. That isn't digital first when that energy could be applied to online efforts an innovation. <br />If all of this energy doesn't impact the declining trend, you might Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2522283300389392162012-02-06T20:08:22.262-05:002012-02-06T20:08:22.262-05:00And I used to think no paper could look uglier tha...And I used to think no paper could look uglier than Florida TODAY.<br />Well, obviously, the <i>new</i> Florida TODAY does!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62724140877459429292012-02-06T20:07:58.925-05:002012-02-06T20:07:58.925-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33688208112925532242012-02-06T18:37:29.339-05:002012-02-06T18:37:29.339-05:00Lipstick on a pig.....Lipstick on a pig.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78905742146697423042012-02-06T16:55:01.737-05:002012-02-06T16:55:01.737-05:00Centralized design (a maybe a spell check in lieu ...Centralized design (a maybe a spell check in lieu of copy editing) is the McPaper dream come true. Gee. Congratulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41682902882405728372012-02-06T16:07:29.500-05:002012-02-06T16:07:29.500-05:00Interesting they'd note that only two stories ...Interesting they'd note that only two stories started out on A-1, when in the paper they showed from October, also only two stories started out on A-1. The October page, however, at least had some impact in its lead story. I frankly thought the big traffic light down the right side of the new design was an ad -- which it well might be soon.<br /><br />Remember when color was going to save Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61491374069172250662012-02-06T15:59:20.160-05:002012-02-06T15:59:20.160-05:00"That you think a single design could spread ..."That you think a single design could spread though such a system defies logic."<br /><br />You should look at Gannett's Jersey papers. And what's going on with the centralized design desks of the Bay Area News Group, Hearst and Tribune. This industry is consolidating and standardizing news design.<br /><br />Look for each community paper to get a redesign in at least six monthsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27935587808613032952012-02-06T15:21:55.892-05:002012-02-06T15:21:55.892-05:00Time warp. It really does reek of the 80s. Along w...Time warp. It really does reek of the 80s. Along with mediocre content nor worth paying for. Death spiral continues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58131830521906497612012-02-06T14:22:31.746-05:002012-02-06T14:22:31.746-05:00Have you all seen this? How design can help newsp...Have you all seen this? How design can help newspaper. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42896101293772025082012-02-06T14:04:29.063-05:002012-02-06T14:04:29.063-05:00I really hate it. I can't find my way into it....I really hate it. I can't find my way into it. And, if it is to be part of the digital revolution, they don't appear to have learned much about SEO. Headlines are supposed to tell you specifically and quickly what a story is about. Funny thing (see Buzz Flash). News still sells. Even to kids who've never held paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57551270122023577302012-02-06T13:20:12.450-05:002012-02-06T13:20:12.450-05:00Check out FT's reported circulation just six m...Check out FT's reported circulation just six months ago, when designers tried a new look - 69,970.<br /><br />Now check out the current ciculation listed at this link - 59,038. A loss of 10,000 subscribers since late September!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22699660939918138092012-02-06T13:16:50.522-05:002012-02-06T13:16:50.522-05:00Well the Fort Myers paper redesigned when it launc...Well the Fort Myers paper redesigned when it launched CCI a few months ago. Gonna be funny if it has to go through a whole new one again soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7538470021079393172012-02-06T13:05:35.683-05:002012-02-06T13:05:35.683-05:00Reliance on design is classic Gannett. It's co...Reliance on design is classic Gannett. It's cotton candy looks good (though not in this case) with nothing of value inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77775608465573567792012-02-06T13:04:02.592-05:002012-02-06T13:04:02.592-05:00Yes, I see the grammatical error in the above post...Yes, I see the grammatical error in the above post. All the more reason for more copy editors and fewer "designers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90450078586732508502012-02-06T12:59:18.227-05:002012-02-06T12:59:18.227-05:00Design is overrated. About one in 10 newspaper pag...Design is overrated. About one in 10 newspaper pages need to be "designed."<br />The emphasis on "design" over writing, reporting and editing has been a lazy-ass approach for too long in Gannett and other media companies, resulting in a feeble attempt at style over substance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25853607387128558442012-02-06T11:45:25.413-05:002012-02-06T11:45:25.413-05:00IMO there are a couple of interesting points here....IMO there are a couple of interesting points here. One is that this redesign was fed to Apple by the design studio, and the note from the designer seems to imply that the design studio was driving all of this (as opposed to the paper driving it). Wonder if the paper thought it was good to have the design studio out front, publicly on this? (Not the way this company has handled information Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87090743215946098022012-02-06T11:38:54.405-05:002012-02-06T11:38:54.405-05:00Like many things, I imagine there will be much tru...Like many things, I imagine there will be much trumpeting of the change, but no folo up.<br />Think back to all the publicity Knight Ridder got when they added a pink flamingo to the cover of the Boca Raton news and refused to jump stories off the front page. They took a decent paper with a circulation of about 50,000 and turned it into a 20,000 circulation that some buyer milked for years beforeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54960356108968147772012-02-06T11:21:57.469-05:002012-02-06T11:21:57.469-05:009:15 Apple has images of the page. (My original li...9:15 Apple has images of the page. (My original link, since removed, went to the Newseum's database, which has since been updated.)<br /><br />Although today is the debut, Chris Bistline of the News Design Studio in Nashville told Apple: "We’re starting with Sunday 1A and will gradually roll out the new look to the rest of the paper over the next few weeks."Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81158364049958129102012-02-06T09:15:41.756-05:002012-02-06T09:15:41.756-05:00Well the link now leads to Monday's paper, whi...Well the link now leads to Monday's paper, which is more traditional with four stories out there. Is the redesign just for the Sunday paper exclusively?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4084975460203365432012-02-06T03:47:57.415-05:002012-02-06T03:47:57.415-05:00What readers are they trying to attract with this ...What readers are they trying to attract with this design? And what will happen to the readers they already have . . . who want something that looks like a newspaper? I really don't understand this. Am I just old?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88532762462748475562012-02-06T03:07:00.380-05:002012-02-06T03:07:00.380-05:00My, that is awful looking.My, that is awful looking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5350502210045846182012-02-05T23:44:25.545-05:002012-02-05T23:44:25.545-05:00Ugly as sin -- uglier, actually, since some sin lo...Ugly as sin -- uglier, actually, since some sin looks pretty darned good.<br /><br />I've seen idiotic newspapers try the same trick since at least the early 1980s. It's evidence of nothing so much as creative bankruptcy. It will do nothing to help print, nor will it drive traffic reliably to the website. (And QR codes are so 2010.)<br /><br />It's content, stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85010166625367579862012-02-05T22:54:44.003-05:002012-02-05T22:54:44.003-05:00Awesome use of thinkstock photography on that traf...Awesome use of thinkstock photography on that traffic light. Unfortunate that the story is about the cameras, not the lights.<br /><br />To be honest, didn't know that there was a part of the country that still used bulbs in their lights instead of LEDs, though I suppose that might be tough for someone in Nashville to discern for Florida - or vice versa.<br /><br />I suppose it's like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com