Designs & Formats

All eyes in the media next week will be turning toward The Guardian - and you haven't always been able to say that in recent years. All the paper's rivals have been watching like hawks and sharpening their talons in case its imminent Berliner format enjoys the benefit of the new and starts to claw back sales from The Times and The Independent. Advertisers who are awake will want to be present in...

The World Association of Newspapers has been studying the format change phenomenon, and will present the results at the World Editor & Marketeer Conference, to be held in Athens, Greece, on 17 and 18 November next. The study, part of the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, examines the drivers, highlights the opportunities and determines the risk of format change. The SFN session...

Mario Garcia, the first to put color on The Wall Street Journal's front page three years ago, will lead the redesign of the newly integrated print and online format for the newspaper’s international editions, Dow Jones & Co. announced Thursday. The editions will launch in October. Dow Jones said Garcia will head a team that will more closely integrate its print and online editions, promoting...

Come May 1, Hindustan Times' Delhi edition will have a completely new look. While none of the HT executives were available for comments, industry sources informed that Hindustan Times will now have a new-look masthead for its Delhi edition. Other significant changes include overall design in each of the pages, inclusion of more pictures. Sources said, the newspaper's pages will now be more photo...

Everything makes a comeback. There is an eternal renaissance of essential things. In journalism, design, literature and art. Things tend to simplify themselves. As life in the big cities turns more chaotic, technology becomes more accessible with wireless, fast communication available to larger masses of the population. For the printed media, this translates into smaller formats, more reader...

The Hindu in a new look hit the stands on Thursday. Design guru Dr. Mario Garcia has redesigned the daily. According to him it was a huge challenge because of The Hindu's history of 126 years. The process of re-designing was set in motion as early as 1994, and the current re-designing activity was started off eight months ago, N Murali, Joint Managing Director, The Hindu, told exchange4media. He...

Today sees the next stage in the evolution of The Independent, Britain's original quality compact newspaper. Readers will notice a number of changes to this morning's paper, not the least of which is its design, which has been given a fresh, modern look. Today sees the next stage in the evolution of The Independent, Britain's original quality compact newspaper. Readers will notice a number of...

LONDON - A radical revamp of The Independent, less than a year after it went fully tabloid, is set to incur the wrath of media agencies over fears it will lead to hikes in advertising rates. The overhaul, to be unveiled on April 12, will involve a design change from six to seven columns and convert the title into a one-section, compact newspaper. Review content will be folded into the main news...

Speculation is growing that The Guardian is to launch its new Berliner-style format by August, nearly eight months ahead of schedule. Officially, the paper's line this week was that the changed format – 6cm narrower than a broadsheet and 10cm longer than a tabloid – will not hit the streets before next year. Unofficially a Guardian insider said: "If we can do it earlier than 2006, then we will."...

The Hull Daily Mail and twin title the East Riding Mail have unveiled a host of changes after conducting research into reader habits. The new approach, labelled the 'Newspaper for Now', aims to build on the Mail's current daily circulation of 71,000. It includes 'in short' boxes on all page leads, which readers can use to pick up the main points of the story. There is also a 'paper in a page' on...