Monday, August 10, 2009

New Chicago Tribune online site.

Here's the new Chicago Tribune, Chicago Now website.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

yuck. this is the state of journalism? a mashup of facebook and twitter? terrible. thumbs down.

Jim of L-Town said...

It's way too tabloidish for my tastes as well.

Anonymous said...

Actually, that isn't the new Chicago Tribune Web site.

The Trib was smart enough to maintain its regular site and also start Chicago Now, basically a blogger site for locals.

Neither are for everybody, but it's an interesting approach rather than trying to force one version on another.

A little research won't hurt next time, Jim.

Jim of L-Town said...

Anonymous 2:23: What I said was precisely:

Here's the new Chicago Tribune, Chicago Now website.

That is precisely right. It is Chicago Now and it does belong to the Chicago Tribune. I didn't say it was the sole Chicago Tribune site.

A little closer reading won't hurt next time, anonymous.

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