Also new is a show called Weekday that features local news, public affairs and culture. Running twice a day, it replaces Ross Reynolds' Seattle After Noon at 4 p.m. People are being flooded by infotainment. We're looking for listeners who are interested in the world. Reynolds said response to the new format, which was anticipated with much concern by listeners, has been mixed.
Most readers seem to like it.
But it's mainly a visual makeover, despite the Times' best efforts to tell readers that it has made substantive editorial improvements. If anything, it has stepped backwards in this regard. The packaging of stories, albeit more attractive, seems to have taken precedence over their content. Such a shift doubtlessly will suck energy away from journalistic integrity and redirect it into the paper's image. Times editors know they are competing more and more with non-print providers of news and entertainment, so their televisionization of the paper makes perfect market sense.