mightynine

I saw a follow-up (forget where) that said there were some parts of the updated look they planned to keep. I think the biggest thing was getting the heavier font weights back. Still think they should do more two line chryons, that narrow squished look is horrible, no matter who does it.

Fox News does have a few payoffs from legal rulings to deal with and cuts will come from non-essential areas, like, say, your somewhat new weather channel that may or may not be getting a lot of eyeballs.

Someone has uploaded the full hour to YouTube. They've recreated more than one Local Forecast intro plus there was some limited narration, regional conditions plus satellite and radar and even a travel cities forecast! This is an unusually decent effort for something that runs at 4 in the morning.

Well that's....random. With a little bit of tweaking this could be an interesting take on the retro graphics. Or maybe they could just reach out to the Youtubers who got the original hardware up and running and do a different piece of equipment every night of the week! If you're looking for this on your schedule, it's called Retro 8s Live, followed by Twilight Live.

As an aside, HLN has updated its logo. In use on-air, not on their socials. And maybe a new tagline: "We play favorites".

It's a minor change, and it's....ok. Still way too much mix and match on font weights, the now no-longer rounded edges on things like location bugs feel misaligned since I think the space is still there for the curve but now it's just an edge, the gaps between the name of the reporter and title like above feel way too big, that all caps on the flipper is a big no... Ok, so maybe OK is a little strong. Slapdash feels better. I wonder if they might be experimenting a bit to see what may or may not work rather than just loading up the old graphics template and calling it a day.

So now we've got three versions of the NBC News logo in use - that one, the one on NN and the one on NOW. Jeez, pick one! That said, nice special report refresh.

I like the look, also it appears the legacy NBC News mark might’ve been retired for one based around the current NBC logotype. It was used in the bug and the L3s, while in comparison, CNBC’s was the current when used in the L3 for one story. Something to keep an eye out on for other NBC properties.

Looks like a paid program (which would make sense considering the time) decided to make their own logo, IMO. EDIT: Considering the show appears to be a Daystar (Christian broadcaster) program, highly unlikely this is official from WWJ. In fact, I’m a little surprised at the liberal use of the Eyemark.

Looks pretty good to me.

This has nothing to do with ability or training, this is a cost-cutting measure, plain and simple.

The icon's middle just looks so...big. Full logo works though.

Collins will still be a go, but I wonder if "King Charles" will get quietly cancelled. Maybe moved to a weekend slot, seems silly to break up your newest host's week like that.

New York Times reporting this too. And so is CNN’s Oliver Darcy.

Quite the contrary. This is the Saudi's basically buying control of world golf.

Everybody's got a price. https://thestreamable.com/news/breaking-pga-tour-liv-golf-tour-agree-to-merge-into-global-golf-organization

I would call this an improvement, honestly. That gigantic box above the logo never looked good, IMO. Might look even better without a tab over it.

https://thestreamable.com/news/bankruptcy-reveals-bally-sports-plus-only-has-203k-subscribers-is-streamer-closer-to-closing-than-hitting-10m-goal Yikes.

If you're an Apple News+ subscriber, you can read it there too. And yeah, I agree - this article is pretty damning for Licht. Not a good look at all.

I believe this is still that typeface, just a thinner, narrower weight. There's some spacing issues to me, especially when you go to the two line identifier, that make things look a little TOO thin. But put it next to the old look, and I'd have to say the new look is cleaner:

The surrounding animations around the standard MLBN graphics set for the Padres sure seem pretty easy to adapt for any other team. Guessing MLB made a quick and dirty set to have ready and perhaps something a bit more bespoke would be rolled out next season. Maybe with a full-on MLBN revamp that’s needed, IMO.

Considering the path the other CBS O&Os have gone, call letters in a box is probably more likely than not. It would easily slot into any CBS News (Local Name) graphics set.

No, the cheap international imports were always part of the plan, I think.

Those don't look that great. Feels like a step back rather than an evolution.