Big Changes ahead at the DMN?

[ericthegardener]

If we can just get them to live by the words engraved on the Morning News' building, I'll be happy.


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[DFWCRE8TIVE]

The DMN is redesigning the paper layout:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/graphics/0308/redesign.html

[tamtagon]

I really really really hope the Belo's Broadcast & Print split benefit both media. While I doubt BeloTV has aspiration to evolve production capabilities like Turner or Paramount or like Fox did, I cannot help but imagine the Belo print folks have the goal to expand reporting territory, influence and depth -- make the DMN into a more popular news reporting media source for people in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisana. Well, I'm hoping for something like that.

[RobertB]

The Observer, predictably, sees the redesign as yet another opportunity to ridicule Dallas' Only Daily, in a blog post titled "The New-Look News: Bright Colors! Big Type! Fewer Words! (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/03/the_newlook_news_bright_colors.php)":
So much to say about the new-look Dallas Morning News, which has apparently been redesigned for old people (bigger type!) and 7-year-olds ("We've added color"!). But not to leave out the big-screen owner, in the, ah, "reader's guide" found on Page 10A of the paper there's this note concerning the allegedly "brighter, bolder type": "Think of it as your newspaper in HD." Sure, if you're an idiot. Is this what a Chief Innovation Officer gets you?
The comments are as good as the blog entry: "The new look reminds me of college, when I had to turn in a five-page, double-spaced term paper. To fill up space, I'd use 13 pt. font instead of 12, make the margins 1.1" instead of 1, etc."

[DFWCRE8TIVE]

'eEdition' a replica of printed Dallas Morning News
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 11, 2009
From Staff Reports Brendan Case
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-eEdition_11bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf649e.html

Raising the price of The Dallas Morning News is a critical part of the newspaper's strategy, but the newspaper continues to seek online business as well.

The latest example is a new "eEdition," a digital replica of the print product.

Current subscribers to the printed version can access the eEdition free as a complement to the physical newspaper. Digital-only subscriptions are also available for $12.95 a month.

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