Tribune redesign elements could debut by early August
Ann Saphir of Crain’s Chicago Business reports:
Crain’s has learned that Tribune Co. will try out some dramatic changes in the 161-year-old broadsheet in a Saturday edition by early August. A version under consideration devotes the paper’s front section to consumer-oriented and entertainment features. Local, national, international and business news is consolidated in the second section. Weather leads the third section, which also includes comics and classifieds, while the sports section is converted to a tabloid format.It’s not clear how many of these changes will make it into the final version of the prototype, which a spokesman calls a “work in progress.” But aspects of the prototype that prove popular with readers are likely to find their way into a full-scale redesign of all editions of the paper, which Tribune expects to debut by September.
Read all about it in Crain’s.
