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• Dept. Of Set Redesigns: Wacky New House Judiciary Panel Finds Miers, Bolten In Contempt

  Published: July 25, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Bush Administration, Congress, Dept Of Set Redesigns, Harriet Miers, Impeachment, Watergate

  Well, looks like Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten are now officially in contempt of Congress, thanks to the 22-17 vote of the House panel, pictured at left. Miers and Bolten were arrested and sent to...

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• THIS SUCKS! Or, Cognitive Lock-In: The Familiar Is Better (Even When It's Not)

  Published: July 26, 2007, 2:48 pm

  Tags: Cinematical, Cognitive Lock In, Cognitivelock In, Design, Feedback, Moviefone, Redesigns, Silent Majority, Silentmajority, Unintended Consequences, Unintendedconsequences

  you ask for feedback on redesigns, you can always count on a few things as givens: Some people just don't like change. Of any kind. ("If it ain't broke...") People who don't like something are much more likely to write to complain than people who like something are to say they liked it. (It's a variation of the old "Silent

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• PC World redesigns for September issue

  Published: August 11, 2007, 4:18 am

  Tags: Redesigns, Internet Web Sites

  Lucia Moses of BrandWeek writes that PC World is redesigning itself for its September issue to focus on gadgets. Moses wrote, “To support that goal, the redesigned PC World will introduce a number of new departments. Forward, focusing on breakthrough products and trends, will replace the news section. Business Center will provide practical

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• Maine newspaper cuts stock listings

  Published: August 13, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  The Bangor Daily News joins the long list of daily newspapers that has cut its stock listings, according to a short item in Monday’s paper. The item stated, “In the business section on weekdays, below an easy-to-scan highlight of the previous day's market activity, we've adopted a consolidated compilation of regional and most-active

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• Barrons.com unveils new design

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:05 pm

  Tags: Redesigns, Barron S

  Barron’s Online, the website of the weekly financial newspaper, Wednesday announced a site relaunch with a new design and site navigation that offers access to free offerings including video and RSS feeds. A new dual-tab feature on the homepage allows users to easily move between features from “This Week’s Magazine”

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• Barron.com unveils new design

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:05 pm

  Tags: Redesigns, Barron S

  Barron’s Online, the website of the weekly financial newspaper, Wednesday announced a site relaunch with a new design and site navigation that offers access to free offerings including video and RSS feeds. A new dual-tab feature on the homepage allows users to easily move between features from “This Week’s Magazine”

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• Toledo Blade moves stock listings to web

  Published: August 19, 2007, 8:46 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  The Toledo Blade said in its Saturday newspaper that it was moving its stock and mutual fund listings to its web site. The paper stated, “Many newspapers nationally already have made the change, in part because it has become more common for people to get stock and mutual fund information through the Internet. “Instead, the paper will

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• Winston-Salem newspaper cutting standalone business section

  Published: August 23, 2007, 6:58 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  The Winston-Salem Journal announced Thursday that it would cut its standalone business section in an attempt to cut its costs. The paper joins the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Reno Gazette-Journal and Akron Beacon-Journal, among others, as papers that have taken this step. A short story in the paper stated, “The Winston-Salem

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• Oregonian cuts stock listings, makes other changes to business

  Published: August 26, 2007, 10:10 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  The Oregonian, the daily newspaper in Portland, said Sunday that it was cutting its daily stock listings and making other changes to its business section. A short story in Sunday’s paper stated, “In addition, starting Labor Day, Monday sections will focus on personal technology news. The weekly report will include a national columnist,

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• Seeking Alpha unveils redesign

  Published: August 27, 2007, 5:21 pm

  Tags: Information, Redesigns, Internet Web Sites

  Mick Weinstein, the editor of the Seeking Alphia market news web site, wrote Monday about its new design. Weinstein wrote, “We've evolved to provide more comprehensive daily market news, while using the internet's unique resources and tools to broaden the investor’s information horizon in a manner no other financial site can match.

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• PC Magazine expanding with new ventures

  Published: August 28, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: Redesigns, Internet Web Sites

  Lauren Bell of DMNews writes that PC Magazine launched three new online offerings last week in a bid to increase its presence in covering technology. Bell wrote, “Mobile.pcmag.com, developed in partnership with mDog, is the first mobile site offered by the tech-heavy network. It is a cell-phone ready incarnation of PCMag.com the main

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• WSJ to rename weekend section

  Published: August 29, 2007, 7:21 am

  Tags: Company Coverage, Redesigns, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Dow Jones Amp Co

  The Wall Street Journal will rechristen Pursuits, its Saturday leisure section, as Weekend Journal, the same name as the Friday section, writes Geraldine Fabrikant of the New York Times. Fabrikant wrote, “The change would mean the newspaper will put out a Weekend Journal section on both Friday and Saturday and a Personal Journal section on

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• Cut stock listings at your own peril

  Published: September 8, 2007, 11:25 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  Research posted on the Editor & Publisher web site on Friday shows that newspapers that have cut stock listings risk missing key readers. The research from Survival and Growth Enterprises stated, “The encouraging finding for newspapers in the light of doom and gloom reports about newspaper declining circulation, is that while 55 percent

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• WSJ Sunday turns eight

  Published: September 9, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Redesigns, Wall Street Journal

  The Wall Street Journal Sunday, which appears in business sections across the country, turns eight today, notes the paper. A short story stated, “Recent years have been hard for most newspapers. Circulation is down. Advertising revenues are falling. News staffs are shrinking. “Sunday Journal is not immune to such problems. But so far

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• Complaints, comments about changes to Oregonian biz section

  Published: September 16, 2007, 8:13 am

  Tags: Agate Changes, Redesigns

  The Oregonian newspaper in Portland said Sunday that it had received about 750 reader comments and complaints about changes to its business section that were announced last month. A short story in Sunday’s paper stated, “Most callers were older readers who for years depended on daily newspaper listings to track the ups and downs of

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