Standard Papers

The Evening Standard launched a new paper design on Monday as part of a larger shake up trying to increase its readership of 500,000. The sales of the paper have been declining ever since the free papers, London Paper and London Lite started appearing in the afternoons. Since the paper was bought from the Mail [...]

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard launched a new advertising campaign today, daringly apologising for its previous behaviour, to try and increase its readership which has been declining since the appearance of the afternoon free papers. Next-week (May 11) the Evening Standard will launch its new design for the paper. The campaign was created by McCann Erickson.
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Information, Visualisation, Communication

The Guardian have a potentially very interesting blog, Data Blog, consisting of information graphics of selected sections their vast data store.
I say potentially, as not all posts yet have graphics for the supplied data; and the blog is on the lookout for graphic contributions; so if you feel like having a go at some delicious info [...]

Broadsheet Times

The Times has reintroduced the broadsheet format for its Saturday Review. I personally have never liked the tabloid proportions, preferring the berliner, as used by the The Guardian. It makes sense for a Saturday paper to make the most of the fact it’s mainly read on breakfast tables, plus of course a welcome return for [...]