There are several redesigns to newspaper Web sites that are here or almost here.
Washington Times provides sneak preview of new Web site – The Wash. Times
They have a mockup online, but I would not go as far to call it a beta site since the functionality is not there. A rotating image on the front — something many sites started doing last year, but are starting to abandon. So far, the new washtimes.com site looks okay and I like the idea of “400,000 custom news feeds” being made available.
I have heard that the goal is for washtimes.com to become one of the top 10 sites — not newspaper sites — in the world. I don’t see that happening.
Our new look: More information, more quickly – USA Today
Less trapped white space and no more rotating top stories on usatoday.com’s frontpage in this design incarnation.
Also, philly.com, the Web site for The Inky and Philly Daily News has taken a step back and switched the front page design for something less robust and with a terrible color palette. I had really liked the way the had it, particularly the way they gave each paper its own site with suitable designs.
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