Comments on: Gannett launches new kare11.com http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/ Where TV Finds the Future Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ed Kohler http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619511 Ed Kohler Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:55:55 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619511 I'm guilty of screwing this one up too, but that won't stop me from criticizing: How about using different link properties for visited links? That would make it easier to tell what's new . . . on a news site. I’m guilty of screwing this one up too, but that won’t stop me from criticizing: How about using different link properties for visited links? That would make it easier to tell what’s new . . . on a news site.

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619067 tdc Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:02:02 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619067 just another version of circlethewagons.com . i can't see any benefit to bleaching out the background either. it was nice on the first few because it was different. now it just looks like a damn newspaper. just another version of circlethewagons.com .

i can’t see any benefit to bleaching out the background either. it was nice on the first few because it was different. now it just looks like a damn newspaper.

]]> By: Nick http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619007 Nick Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:14:06 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-619007 Blue text? barf. Follow Web conventions! Blue text? barf. Follow Web conventions!

]]> By: Cory http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-618813 Cory Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:42:57 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-618813 Certainly an improvement over the previous site. Fundamentally, a good TV design. (In fact, it has a similar layout to KING5.com, sans the anchors.) But then again, it's a TV design, and I get the sense that TV comes first, not online news. I realize the struggle here, as I live it every day. How do you balance the needs of a large TV organization with the needs of online users who may not even watch your organization on TV? Maybe you don't. Imagine, for example, if NBC decided years ago that NBC.com would encompass both network programming and news. Would it have become as successful as MSNBC.com today? No way. CNN.com and ESPN.com thrive online because their corresponding cable networks are 100% focused on news and sports, respectively. During their formative years, there was no balance to be had. It was simple: cover the news and own sports. What if NBC went with two sites, NBC.com and NBCNews.com, but didn't do the joint operated agreement with Microsoft? Would NBCNews be as successful today as MSNBC.com? I doubt it. The web is not TV. And I'm beginning to believe, like Borrell, that separate is better. Or at least tremendously empowered. Because you can't and shouldn't make all the TV stakeholders happy whenever you create something online. At the end of the day, your job isn't to promote or even reinforce TV -- it's to build audience and revenue online. Certainly an improvement over the previous site. Fundamentally, a good TV design. (In fact, it has a similar layout to KING5.com, sans the anchors.) But then again, it’s a TV design, and I get the sense that TV comes first, not online news.

I realize the struggle here, as I live it every day. How do you balance the needs of a large TV organization with the needs of online users who may not even watch your organization on TV? Maybe you don’t.

Imagine, for example, if NBC decided years ago that NBC.com would encompass both network programming and news. Would it have become as successful as MSNBC.com today? No way.

CNN.com and ESPN.com thrive online because their corresponding cable networks are 100% focused on news and sports, respectively. During their formative years, there was no balance to be had. It was simple: cover the news and own sports.

What if NBC went with two sites, NBC.com and NBCNews.com, but didn’t do the joint operated agreement with Microsoft? Would NBCNews be as successful today as MSNBC.com? I doubt it.

The web is not TV. And I’m beginning to believe, like Borrell, that separate is better. Or at least tremendously empowered. Because you can’t and shouldn’t make all the TV stakeholders happy whenever you create something online. At the end of the day, your job isn’t to promote or even reinforce TV — it’s to build audience and revenue online.

]]> By: joe http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-617981 joe Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:56:26 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-617981 hmmm, lemme guess, tv people with little web background had a key role in the decision-making on this site. hmmm, lemme guess, tv people with little web background had a key role in the decision-making on this site.

]]> By: Don Day http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-617588 Don Day Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:13:59 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/10/gannett-re-launches-kare11com/#comment-617588 I've decided that I will instantly NOT like ANY TV website that has anchor talent in the header - regardless of any other redeeming value. Any site that thinks showing the talent is the way to go needs to spend more time on LR! ;) More seriously - I think Michael hit all the appropriate nails on the heads here - but a few less horizontal breaks and boxes wouldn't hurt. I do like the weather treatment and the prominent search box. But why is "BUYING HDTV" above news in the navigation? It should 'where the news comes first' always -- not where the TV station promotion comes first. I’ve decided that I will instantly NOT like ANY TV website that has anchor talent in the header - regardless of any other redeeming value. Any site that thinks showing the talent is the way to go needs to spend more time on LR! ;)

More seriously - I think Michael hit all the appropriate nails on the heads here - but a few less horizontal breaks and boxes wouldn’t hurt. I do like the weather treatment and the prominent search box. But why is “BUYING HDTV” above news in the navigation? It should ‘where the news comes first’ always — not where the TV station promotion comes first.

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