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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. 

On 7/8/2023 at 7:58 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

How in the world is FOX Weather continuing to gain distribution, yet continues to have a shortened plagued staff?

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.

6 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

The classic LOT8s is back (sort of)…but you’ll have to get up very early to see it.

 

 

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.

18 hours ago, Horizon said:

Maybe if the folks that were fired would've been trained, and do it right, there wouldn't be any need for that.

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. 

35 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

I still don't understand what they're going to merge...the team golf concept nobody understands or has any loyalty to, or making LIV a part of the FedEx Cup? The Champions Tour just being yeeted out of existence?

I am just left with more questions than answers about what this merger will do except confuse the rights holders, the PGA loyalists, and the clubs that host events already on the edge (your BC Opens) who may lose their tour stops. Maybe this is more PGA tossing money at LIV to just go away and get back to normal than anything.

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

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In a move that practically no one in the sports or broadcasting worlds saw coming, it was on Tuesday that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will merge in an effort to promote golf around the world. The two rival tours will also unite with DP World Tour — the PGA’s European Tour — to form a new commercial entity to promote all of the brands in order to deliver “maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players,” according to a press release issued by the PGA Tour.

 

While the three tours will continue to exist and operate independently, LIV’s parent company Public Investment Fund (PIF) will make a capital investment into the new commercial enterprise, whose name will be announced at a later date. PIF is run and funded by Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been accused of crimes against humanity and the brutal murder of Suadi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The organization will be the sole initial investor in the new entity and will have the right of first refusal on any other capital brought into the fund. However, the PGA will maintain a majority on the board and of the voting shares for the organization.

 

In addition, the three organizations will work together on ways to highlight and promote team golf — the format favored by LIV — moving forward. This agreement also paves the way for players who opted to leave the PGA Tour in favor of the Saudi-backed LIV Tour to re-apply for PGA membership following the 2023 season. It also ends all pending litigation between the tours, bringing to a close a particularly heated and nasty period in the history of 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.

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Reporting from The Athletic indicates that as part of the proceedings, MLB outside counsel forced DSG representatives to reveal that Diamond’s nascent streaming platform Bally Sports+ — which provides in-market streaming of games without the need for a pay-TV subscription for five MLB, 16 NBA, and 12 NHL teams — has just 203,000 subscribers. That number represents 55% of the company’s subscriber targets after its soft-launch in June 2022 and full launch in September.

 

Despite these figures, Diamond CEO David Preschlack still believes that the service will quadruple its subscriber total between now and the end of this year to more than 800,000. He testified this week that he projects Bally Sports+ will have 10 million users by 2028.

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

Yikes.

2 hours ago, TheRob said:

For Atlantic subscribers, there's a long article on Chris Licht today.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/

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.

2 hours ago, noggi said:

Did CNN abandon their bespoke typeface? (They may have done this a long time ago). This just looks like Helvetica Neue. 

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.

2 hours ago, ATLNewsExpert said:

Does anyone have the intro? 

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.