WSJ’s Baker wants a print edition that can be sustainable
Joseph Lichterman of Nieman Lab spoke with Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker about the changes the paper implemented on Monday. Here is an excerpt: Joseph Lichterman: A lot of the changes were laid out in the memo you sent, but to start, I was hoping you could tell me a bit about the thinking […]
WSJ’s Baker tells readers about new format
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker wrote the following to readers about the paper’s redesign: The new format concentrates our paper into two core sections. Starting today, the front section will include U.S. and World News, features and Opinion columns. It’s your indispensable daily read. Appearing in this section every day, Life & Arts brings together the […]
WSJ cuts entertainment coverage
Jeremy Gerard of Deadline Hollywood looks at The Wall Street Journal‘s decision to cut entertainment coverage. Gerard writes, “The blade already has fallen at the News Corp.-owned Journal, which announced that its Greater New York section, introduced six years ago to go head-to-head with the Times‘ local coverage, would be folded into the paper’s main section beginning […]
CNBC launches new home page
CNBC launched a homepage redesign this weekend that includes more headlines and programmable videos. The additional headlines help users quickly scan the stories that are moving the markets, the financial news organization believes. Programmable video plays directly on the homepage, getting users to the content they want faster and with less friction. The redesign also […]
Wall Street Journal to consolidate sections
Wall Street Journal editor Gerry Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: As I wrote last month, we will shortly be launching a refreshed print edition of The Wall Street Journal. The new paper will maintain and strengthen our core news coverage – the finest reporting on business, finance and economics – but in […]
The Verge launches redesign
The Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel writes about the redesign of the tech news site, which launched Tuesday. Patel writes, “What else? After extensive user research, we learned that our homepage was too hard to navigate, and that everyone just wanted to see as many headlines as possible. So under the hero, you’ll find a reverse-chronological […]
Fortune has redesigned its logo
Fortune creative director Paul Martinez writes about the business magazine’s new logo, its 10th in its 86-year history. Martinez writes, “Why would we change the look of such an iconic brand? To reflect our working thesis, which we outlined in November, that every aspect of business is about to change, creating what we call the ‘21st Century […]
WSJ editor: Revised print edition coming in weeks
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: By now you will have had a chance to read and digest Will Lewis’s note about the challenges and opportunities we face as we position The Wall Street Journal for robust growth for the long-term. In the newsroom we have already made great strides […]
Bloomberg TV has updated its studio
Dak Dillon, the managing editor of Newscast Studio, writes about how Bloomberg Television changed its studio set when it went to 24-hour programming on Monday. Dillon writes, “In New York, Bloomberg dumped its sleek table design in favor of a more traditional, monitor fronted, desk that can seat upwards of five people in its main studio. “The […]
Bloomberg unveils faster load times on its website
Bloomberg has installed software that allows its website stories to load 30 percent to 50 percent faster, reports Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “In tests, Bloomberg said it cut page load time by 30 percent to 50 percent depending on the test. (The company wouldn’t say to what, saying load time varies based on multiple factors […]
