"Over the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out a fresh new look and exciting new features across Mirror.co.uk."

The Telegraph has launched its new-look web site. As usual in such situations, the commenters are not impressed.

"[S]ome general-interest magazines — notably newsweeklies — have suffered, but most magazines cater to enthusiasts and are intended to have longer shelf lives than newspapers. They also offer a tactile, portable and visual pleasure that doesn’t alwa

"Some 30 Tribune editorial employees have been appointed … to reimagine their paper. These committees take seriously the idea of giving quality some room to breathe, and they’re looking hard at Britain’s Guardian for inspiration."

Long-expected new site getting close…

Some interesting features on the new Mail & Guardian site: StoryPredictor suggests articles according to reader interests. NewsSwarm shows who is viewing articles. StoryHistory utility will save articles … Articles will be integrated with Google Maps.

Scott Karp on why Google is more successful than newspapers online: It’s hard to find the information you actually want by relying on newspaper sites. Example: recent Washington Post storm coverage.

"In 2004, about 40% of people visited a homepage and then drilled down to where they wanted to go and 60% use a deep link that took them directly to a page or destination inside a site. In 2008, said Dr [Jakob] Nielsen, only 25% of people travel via a hom

For those crammed on a tube without a Berliner or tabloid in sight… (via Khoi Vinh)

The IHT has come up with a way to fix widows and orphans on the web by automatically adding a non-breaking space between the last two words of every headline and every paragraph. A WordPress plugin gives blogs the same functionality.

"Sketch Pad is a cool New York Times column that asks architects or designers to create a vision of what an apartment, house, loft or shack now for sale might look like in order to ‘help real estate shoppers learn to see past ugly paint, too-small kitchen

Ten points on how to design good journalistic infographics.