In general, I think that the new format Guardian looks fabulous. It was, by far, the most interesting looking paper in the newsagent’s this morning. The few niggles I mention below are only very minor and I fully expect to not be noticing them at all in a month’s time. I’m not sold on the… Continue reading Berliner Review
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Guardian Digital Edition
And while I’m talking about the new Guardian (face it, that’s all I’m going to talk about today) it’s worth pointing out that the digital edition is free for the next two weeks (until Sept 26th). This is partly to let people have a closer look at the new format and partly because the move… Continue reading Guardian Digital Edition
“email” vs “emails”
Obviously I’ve got my copy of the new Guardian and I’ll have more to say about it later on. But I just wanted to raise a point about the letters page. They’ve renamed it “Letters and Emails”. Now that makes sense on one level as I assume that a large proportion of the letters aren’t… Continue reading “email” vs “emails”
Guardian Preview
There’s a special report about the new Guardian now available on the GU web site. It includes a PDF version of a preview edition that will apparently be in tomorrow’s paper. I haven’t examined it closely yet, but on first glance it looks good. Of course the main change (the size) won’t be really apparent… Continue reading Guardian Preview
Respect My Authority
According to Technorati, this is currently the most authorative blog about the Guardian. I expect that to change pretty quickly.
New Format Guardian
The Guardian has announced (free registration required) that it will relaunch in its new Berliner format from Monday 12th September. Recently I’ve got out of the habit of buying a paper every day, but I’ve bought one twice in the last week or so and it reminded me how much I enjoy reading the paper… Continue reading New Format Guardian
Patriotism – The New Chauvinism
George Monbiot on form as ever in today’s Guardian. Out of the bombings a national consensus has emerged: what we need in Britain is a renewed sense of patriotism. The rightwing papers have been making their usual noises about old maids and warm beer, but in the past 10 days they’ve been joined by Jonathan… Continue reading Patriotism – The New Chauvinism
Telegraph on RSS
Interesting article from the Telegraph about the rise of RSS and its (potential) impact on news media. To the consumer, the main benefit of RSS services is that they make receiving news more efficient. Instead of looking at one news website, then another, and then another, each time looking for stories that are interesting, RSS… Continue reading Telegraph on RSS
Striking up Conversations with Strangers
Simon Waldman talks about the way that Guardian Unlimited needs to interact with bloggers. He’s talking about it in the context of the Guardian‘s forthcoming move to a Berliner format. The world our Berliner will launch into is almost unrecognisable to the one that greeted our last major change – the redesign of 1988. It… Continue reading Striking up Conversations with Strangers
Newspapers vs the BBC
An interesting article from the Economist discussing the fall in newspaper circulation and largely blaming the BBC’s web site for this. It is the success of the BBC’s news website that most troubles newspapers. Its audience has increased from 1.6m unique weekly users in 2000 to 7.8m in 2005; and its content has a breadth… Continue reading Newspapers vs the BBC