The Chicago Sun-Times takes particular glee in the problems of the Chicago Tribune and its failed redesign:
First there was Red Eye, the cutesy free tabloid aimed at, uh, a younger demographic. Now comes the black eye — a very blunt and public admission by Chicago Tribune Editor Gerould Kern that the newspaper’s massive redesign last September has come up short — very short — with more than a few readers.
In the latest move in a chaotic six months for the troubled publishing giant, a wrapper around the Trib’s front page Thursday tried to explain what apparently had angered a lot of readers about the new look and what the paper was doing to rectify the problems. Kern also — perhaps inadvertently– appeared to concede that all the newspaper’s pre-redesign research wasn’t worth much.
But as Kevin posted earlier, those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks at the other glass house in the neighborhood.





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