David Black

“This redesign seems more traditional (old-fashioned?) in nature. It’s neat. It’s clean. But you have to scroll down a bit to reach the blogs, video and most viewed/most e-mailed features.”

“The changes go beyond the logo. The new site is easier to use and has a cleaner look. It labels the breaking news better, adds spots for more video and photos, and offers more opportunities for you to participate.”

Principles of scripting video packages, from Andy Dickinson.

“More than 59 million people (37.3 percent of all active Internet users) visited newspaper Web sites on average during the second quarter of 2007, a record number that represents a 7.7 percent increase over the same period a year ago”

Bivings report analysing content and functionality of 100 US newspapers: “Overall, we found that the use of interactive features by newspaper websites increased across every category from 2006 to 2007″

“Our research examined the websites of the top 100 newspapers in the United States, as determined by circulation (via the Audit Bureau of Circulations). We evaluated all of the websites on the presence of lack of various web features.”

Simon Waldman reignites his blog.

“Still, it seems impossible for the New York Times or other newspapers to overcome the 10% problem without beginning to value online ads at a premium, the same as they do in print”