Monday, September 26, 2005

New York Times on Guardian redesign

Actually appears to be more of a compilation of exercpts from articles/interviews in the British media.
(From New York Times)

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Passé Note

Have you noticed that wherever you read a blog about the Guardian redesign there's this slightly lame skit about Pass Notes in a comment entry? I wonder who has devoted time to propagating this. They might even be doing it by hand - a scary thought - since the entry number seems to be different here and there. This kind of sendup is a witty idea, although the content - while capturing the tone of that which it lampoons - is forgettable. Makes me miss the column less.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Vin Crosbie on Guardian redesign

"Seeing the first Berliner-format edition of The Guardian of London was a revelation, and – one that yields another clue to the rebuilding of media in the 21st Century." Aw, shucks. Article continues with some excellent, more general stuff about newspaper aesthetics and sizes, and the differing influence of advertising on each side of the Atlantic.
(From Digital Deliverance)

Monday, September 12, 2005

It worked

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Friday, September 09, 2005

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Independent survey: respondents positive about Guardian berliner move

Lies, damned statistics, and surveys. The Indy's report on the Guardian's imminent berliner relaunch opens with "Even optimistis admit the move marks the 184-year-old title's biggest gamble". But in the survey that follows there is little suggestion other than that it will be successful. The reactions of the experts quoted were, in order: positive, positive, positive, positive, positive, positive, neutral ("It could be successful"), positive, positive, negative ("The big difficulty is going to be preventing it looking too much like a magazine. It can easily fall into resembling something British readers do not associate with news."), and positive.
(From The Independent)

Thursday, September 01, 2005