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May 13: Today’s media must-read

The New York Times‘ David Carr — in a story entitled Newspaper monopoly that lost its grip — completely disassembles Advance Publications: The name Times-Picayune, which had stood for quality and civic constancy for decades, does not mean the same thing anymore. The vaunted Web site that was to be the lifeblood of the new enterprise remains a creaky mess, [...]

April 16: Why pay a copy writer when you can have dummy copy in your ad for free? (2)

Over the years we’ve spent chronicling the hazards of operating without copy editors, we’ve seen newspapers accidentally run what is called “dummy copy” in headlines… …we’ve seen lots and lots of TV stations do it… …and we’ve even seen it happen in advertising brochures. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen dummy copy in an online ad. Because it’d be [...]

April 2: Why I don’t mind the spadea wrapped around Monday’s NYT

Yes, that was a spadea wrapped around the front of Monday’s New York Times. This is new for New York Times readers. And one sent me that picture today. Note how the front page portion of the spadea actually has news on it. Meaning that when the spadea is in place, the reader doesn’t really notice. The pull-away spadea wrap [...]

April 2: One of these front-page shenanigans a joke. One is not. Can you tell which is which? (6)

I have two things to show you this morning. Example No. 1: The front page of Monday’s Times Daily of Florence, Ala., where the editors decided to play a little April Fools’ joke on readers. Can you see the lead art? Here’s a slightly larger look. Yes, that’s the Loch Ness Monster, Godzilla and a UFO floating over the Tennessee [...]

March 21: Two fairly obvious typos that a spell checker should have caught

Here are a couple of fairly obvious typos to brighten your Thursday — or to bring you down, depending on your point of view. First up is this headline from the New York Times‘ web report Wednesday evening. Can’t see it? Here’s a closer view. I’m fairly certain the editor meant “Hornets.” What’s more, that headline is something you’d think [...]

March 20: Five more fun March Madness pages for you

Monday, we looked at a handful of great March Madness front pages and special sections. Today, we have a second batch for you. Click any of these for a much larger look… — NEW YORK TIMES New York, N.Y. Circulation: 1,586,757 Wayne Kamadoi tells us: Sam Manchester working on these bubbles until the final buzzer before deadline. By now, you [...]

March 14: A look at today’s Pope front pages (3)

[Freshly updated with a few more credits that rolled in throughout the day Thursday...] As you know, we have a new Pope. He’s from Argentina and is the first Pope ever from the Americas. As you might imagine, papers in Argentina went crazy with the story today. But you can spot right away why I’m reluctant to spend a lot [...]

Feb. 12: A look at today’s most outstanding Pope Benedict XVI pages (1)

Huge news broke Monday morning: The Pope is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI will be the first pope in 598 years to resign, as opposed to dying in office. This move — along with the baggage the Catholic church is carrying around these days — made for huge play atop page one of today’s New York Times. That picture by L’Osservatore [...]

Feb. 9: Oh, no, New York Post. Really? You went there? (2)

The only paper I can find in the Newseum today playing up the somewhat arbitrary — and frowned upon by most reputable meteorologists — name for this week’s winter storm bestowed upon it by the Weather Channel was the New York Post. Nemo bites. But not as much as the name Nemo does in the first place. Boo, hiss, Post. [...]

Feb. 8: New York Times’ Style Magazine to launch redesign (1)

The New York Times Style Magazine — better known as T — launches a redesign two weeks from Sunday with its first issue under newly-installed editor Deborah Needleman. Images have leaked out already. Most of the buzz so far today has been about the cover logo.   Yeah, I agree: I like the old one better, too. That chiseled look [...]

Feb. 6: Not exactly the way you want to be on page one of the N.Y. Times

Did you see skier Lindsey Vonn on the front of today’s New York Times? That’s her — that tiny little lump attached to the end of the cable hanging below that medical evacuation helicopter. Vonn was airlifted out of an Austrian mountainside venue Tuesday after she wiped out during the Alpine World Championships. She tore two ligaments in her knee, [...]

Feb. 4: The most-read thing on the front of the New York Times

From Jim Romenesko‘s blog this morning… New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was Alec Baldwin’s guest on his Here’s the Thing radio show… Q: What’s the first thing most people read in The Times they tell you? A: The captions on the front page photos. Yet, what is one of the last things we typically do when building a [...]

Jan. 22: New York Times launches redesign of features sections with today’s Science Times

Stephanie Yera, communications coordinator for the New York Times company, tells us: [Today's] Science Times redesign is part of a redesign of a larger redesign across feature sections.  This is the first time since the sections debuted in the 1970s that all feature sections have been redesigned at once. On the left, here, is last week’s Science Times. On the [...]

Jan. 11: Because I was asked: More (and deeper) thoughts on that NYT sports page

My old Virginian-Pilot colleague Rich Quinn writes to inquire further into that New York Times sports front that everyone was talking about yesterday: What are your actual thoughts on the page, other than brilliant? You always preach that design should highlight and inform. This does one, but not the other. As a sports editor buddy of mine notes, this edition [...]

Jan. 10: Today’s brilliant sports front… (9)

…is brought to you by the New York Times. The story: Several well-known players were eligible to be named to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. But a number of them are now known to have used performance-enhancing drugs. Therefore — for only the second time in 42 years — the Baseball Writers Association of America was unable to [...]

Dec. 16, 2012: In case you’ve not yet seen it…

…today, the New York Times published what is perhaps its most unusual front page ever. Lots of papers ran lists of the victims of the Connecticut shootings on page one today. But this one really makes you stop and notice. That image is from the Newseum. Of course.

Nov. 15, 2012: A moving page-one photo of a father with his dead son

First: The picture by Majed Hamdan of the Associated Press. That is Jihad Misharawi, a Gaza-based video and photo editor for BBC Arabic, carrying the body of his 11-month-old son, Omar, through al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following Wednesday’s attack there. The Washington Post‘s Max Fisher writes today: An Israeli round hit Misharawi’s four-room home in Gaza Wednesday, killing his son, according [...]

Oct. 24, 2012: Photoillustrations highlight today’s World Series pages (2)

Tonight, the World Series begins: Game One DETROIT TIGERS at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8 p.m. EDT, Fox And man, do we have some outstanding illustrations to review today. Here’s a look at the day’s pages… — DETROIT FREE PRESS Detroit, Mich. Circulation: 232,696 The Detroit Free Press wiped everything else off the front today and went with a full-page illustration [...]

Oct. 19, 2012: Friday’s baseball playoff pages

I’m on a long, long travel-and-speaking-and-then travel again day today, folks. So I’m posting what I have now and I’ll pull more pages from the Newseum later. Here’s a look at today’s baseball playoff pages… ______________________________________ DETROIT TIGERS 0, NEW YORK YANKEES 0 Detroit wins the series, 4-0 Among those contributing to the Tigers’ clean sweep last night: Starter Max [...]

Oct. 13, 2012: Saturday’s baseball playoff pages

Here’s a look at today’s baseball playoff pages… _____________________________________ NEW YORK YANKEES 3, BALTIMORE ORIOLES 1 New York wins the series, 3-2 ALCS begins today: Detroit at New York, 8 p.m. EDT CC Sabathia pitched a complete game last night, despite getting into — and back out of — a situation in the 8th inning in which he loaded the [...]

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