The old and the new

The old knoxnews (a design in use for just over seven years) and the new design, launched July 22, 2014. The old site was on the “Ellington” platform; the new one uses “Endplay.” What’s up with the German ads? We...

Another year, another year older

Researcher Greg Harmon of Borrell Associates says the average age of a print newspaper reader is 57 and the average newspaper web visitor is 51. Saying the industry’s aging demographics ought to have “everyone’s hair on fire,” Harmon notes that...

Newscast bunnies get into some sexy business

Local TV station WBIR has been in the news as an Easter segment last week went viral. What made everything from Gawker to the Today Show were some bunnies that in an on-air segment in front of the anchors did...

About that comment

What’s new in comments about comments. The debate on anonymous comments on websites continues while publisher retool or junk their comment systems. Meanwhile, a few interesting new experiments are happening.