We’ve launched a new version of knoxnews. A thumbnail view of the new home page is at right. Here is a how the last four designs have evolved. All of these redesigns were led by Herb Himes in our corporate Scripps Interactive Newspaper Group. Would love to hear your feedback on the design.

The above comic by John Campbell is a cynically funny view of news coverage of a celebrity death whether it’s Michael Jackson, whose death inspired the above, or former NFL quarterback Steve McNair’s yesterday in a bloody Nashville condo. Continuing a pattern we’ve seen in the past with Tim Russert’ s death and other breaking…