I would think it obvious that some attention to design might actually encourage greater readership. US newspapers are going fast--we speculate on when (not if) the Charlotte Observer (we call it affectionately the "Charlotte Pamphlet") will cease publication, leaving us with an even more dismal collection of local newspapers. None of the current crop are remotely interesting from a design perspective.
All too bad.
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I for 34 years had both the pleasure and displeasure of working at an Australian Provincial Newspaper. During those years the Central Coast Express changed ownership five times.
Because we went from letterpress (hot metal) through early computer/film to pure computer it would be unfair to say our layout and design was ever appreciably good or bad because of the ownership, editorial integrity did however change a lot.
As Rupert Murdock and just a few others own most of the "Majors" it is not surprising that there is a similar "style of office" among them.
Take heart, the web is changing that for the better, we can now read and contribute to this wonderful medium, the web.
I think this massive generational change in our reading habits will be one of the last documented in ink and paper, and moreover that I will live long enough to read it.
Because we went from letterpress (hot metal) through early computer/film to pure computer it would be unfair to say our layout and design was ever appreciably good or bad because of the ownership, editorial integrity did however change a lot.
As Rupert Murdock and just a few others own most of the "Majors" it is not surprising that there is a similar "style of office" among them.
Take heart, the web is changing that for the better, we can now read and contribute to this wonderful medium, the web.
I think this massive generational change in our reading habits will be one of the last documented in ink and paper, and moreover that I will live long enough to read it.
Posted by griswald.goulton@...
Updated - 21st Feb 2012