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LA Times to get smaller?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by steveu, Aug 21, 2014.

  1. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    And I don't mean space cuts. Yeah, this probably saves on newsprint, but sounds like they may be going the route of Cincinnati and Portland in terms of newspaper design.

    Thoughts?

    http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2014/08/la_times_asking_readers_a.php
     
  2. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    It kills me every time I pick up the Star-Telegram how tiny it is. If you put it next to the paper from 15 years ago, it looks like a kid's toy version of a newspaper. Actually, it looks like that even without the old paper to compare it to.
     
  3. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    (Insert metro newspaper name here) is getting smaller.
     
  4. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, all papers are getting smaller. But not many are switching to a tab format. I don't think readers like the tabloid for anything other than inserts. But just shrinking the paper a bit is not a big deal. You get used to it quickly ... ours has shrunk a few times, and it does look cartoonishly small next to some of our old ones, but I don't give it much of a though after a few weeks of reading it.
     
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Cincinnati is really sad. I hadn't seen it until I visited for a weekend and almost thought the paper was just a mini-edition for my hotel.
     
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