CNN recently redesigned their site, and I have to say it makes me a little sad. Usually these big corporations have the money to put in to serious design, and news agencies especially are looked to as sources of innovation, since their bread and butter is typography and layout. CNN’s new design, on the other hand, looks like a customized (maybe even ’slightly customized’) WordPress theme.
Three-column home page, two-column sub-pages. I know that blogs have become albeit sometimes questionable sources of information that have seeped into the world of journalism, but that the blog “design vernacular” has made it’s way to the forefront of one of the internet’s most popular websites is just, well… sad.
One upside: CNN’s taken a cue from the wiki-world and now has keywords linked to “topics” (used much like blog categories) in their articles, which can be handy if you’re interested in more recent stories on a particular topic. I’ll wait for the next round of design and hope for some innovation next time.
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CNN’s new design, on the other hand, looks like a customized WordPress theme. I totally agree it really does..
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