March 13, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
NEWScan is a pretty neat way to look at the front pages of major newspapers from around the world. You can somewhat customize the page to have only the front pages you want (from a designated list). And if you really want to delve into the paper, there’s a link at the top right-hand corner of every newspaper for you to download the PDF to your computer.
I guess this is the digital equivalent of laying out newspapers on your table and soaking it all in. [via]
February 27, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
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Today’s big news headline was the closing of the Rocky Mountain News, an almost-150-year news establishment and Denver, Colorado’s oldest continually operating business. The news didn’t hit me particularly hard because I don’t live in Denver nor do I ever read the Rocky Mountain News. But after hearing all about the historic newspaper’s final print edition, I couldn’t help but notice the beautiful front page they had printed.
The final front page pays homage to the beginnings of the Rocky Mountain News, bringing back the old 1859 typeface side-by-side with a more modern look in the center. In terms of writing and designing one’s own eulogy in print, the Rocky Mountain News certainly did a very good job with it. What a lovely, albeit tragic, way to go out.
December 16, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
Umm, wow. Way to milk the fame of President-elect Obama. Urban Outfitters is selling a mock New York Times cover presumably put out on the day that Obama was elected to become the next US President. Of course, Urban Outfitters changed the original image that was on the real November 5, 2008 cover, in case anybody at the NYT took notice and wanted to to do something about it. Actually, I’m sure they could still do something about it. And they should, because this T-shirt is terrible.
November 5, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Want to know what the front pages of newspapers look like around the world today (hint: Obama-rama in full effect)? Well, then head over to the Newseum’s archive of daily newspaper front pages where you’ll see 684 different ways that newspapers have decided to call victory for Obama.
