Chicago Tribune Redesigns … Again

29Sep2008 Filed under: Media Author: Mike

It seems it hasn’t been that long since the first redesign. Actually, it was just January of this year. But they apparently felt the need to re-redesign. The new version, out today, is a microcosm of the news industry. More color, bigger pictures, shorter stories. In fact, it’s eerily reminiscent of the Red Eye.

The reader comments are worth reading too. Here are some favorites:

Wow! I can’t wait to save 30 bucks a month by not buying it!

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The Red Eye looks great … wait, it’s the Tribune?!?

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It looks like you are turning the paper into a cheap tabloid, but I’ll withhold comment until I actually see the paper. I do hope the five or six sections of car ads get lost in the process! [They didn't by the way]

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Please don’t prove Jay Mariotti right.

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2 Responses to “Chicago Tribune Redesigns … Again”

Frank the Tank
September 29th, 2008 at 11:54 am

I had a lot of fears when I first heard that the Tribune was going through another redesign. Unfortunately, all of those fears have come to fruition and then some. Here are my thoughts:

http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/someone-vomited-on-my-newspaper/
Mike
September 29th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Well put. “Someone vomited on my newspaper,” I think sums up the way a lot of people feel. I actually don’t have an aesthetic opinion. As someone who almost always reads online and therefore doesn’t actually pay for the paper but MAYBE once a week, I don’t feel I have a right to complain too much.

But I do think it’s a clear sign of where “Big Media” is headed … down the tubes.