You can’t buy out of town newspapers much anymore, so folks may not notice whether a visual homoginization is the result of Gannett’s new “national page production network.”
In 10 years, will formerly great regional dailies be little more than a “local/state” sheet wrapping a copy of Gannett’s USA Today in a “hyperlocal” sheep’s clothing of reader blogs and snapshots?
Compare the TED video by a European newspaper designer on the video page of this blog. While you’re at it, watch the Onion piece on newspaper loons, too.
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