Chicago Tribune – Will It Work?

That’s what I read when I picked up today’s Chicago Tribune.

Really!

Is that irony or what?

Just so you non-Chicago Tribune readers can see how the newly revamped format looks like, on the left I’ve laid out all the sections below.

Now, compare it with the retired version, which is on the right

One major difference is that the front page of the Tribune now looks like that of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Another is that the Metro section is missing. It always was outside of the Chicago circulation area, e.g., Springfield. Whatever local news there is now located inside the main section.

The biggest change from a business perspective is the paper is no longer 60% news and 40% advertising. Now it is 50-50.

There is color everywhere in the ads.

And, boy, are there a lot of them.

The replacement for the Metro section didn’t look as if it had news in it, so at first I tossed it.

When I retrieved it, I couldn’t find one story that had anything to do with McHenry County.

I looked for a comprehensive story on the bailout, but found none.

John Kass’ column had two color photos. I don’t know about you, but I read him because of the words he writes.

I did find an editorial about the need to impeach or indict Blagojevich, but that was about it for pieces that were worth reading.


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