The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is launching its redesign next Sunday. Charles Apple had a sneak peek a couple of weeks ago. Now the paper’s marketing department wants to tell you about it. Check out that front-page — Superman-style “S” logo, one story, several headlines at the top of the page and a new format for [...]

The Indianapolis Star has been working on a redesign for awhile; now the site is in beta. They’re also answering questions readers have about the redesign. Gannett is following the move Tribune Co. made last year, and making all of its sites similar. Poke around, see what you think. I especially like that I can [...]

Sam Zell has, indeed, bought Tribune Co. Shareholders still have to accept the deal, but: “If Tribune decides to accept another buyout offer before its shareholders approve the deal, the company will have to pay Zell a $25 million breakup fee.” (Why hasn’t anyone else thought of a break-up fee?) Part of the deal means [...]

The Mat Kearney concert was amazing! First of all, Mark’s connections at the Sun-Times not only got us tickets … they got us VIP tickets. I’d never been to the House of Blues, but it was incredible. And I wasn’t entirely sold on Kearney beforehand, but after seeing him live … definitely a fan. I [...]