introducing A BiggEr, BEttEr triBunE

Chicagotribune.com: redesigned and focused on breaking news

Just as the print edition of the Tribune is getting a fresh look, our website introduces changes too
More breaking news

The new chicagotribune.com has been redesigned to focus on breaking stories of interest to Chicagoland users. Our successful breaking news, sports and business sites will be merged with chicagotribune.com. We also have started a new breaking entertainment section to bring you the latest on Chicago theater, music, celebrities and more.

Improved navigation
the site will emphasize a stream of breaking news at the top.

Our online readers want information fast, and they want to be able to check throughout the day and see the latest developments. The new design makes it easier for users to find the subject topics they regularly visit. And with breaking news feeds at the top of the site, well be focused on doing an even better job at making that fresh news available as quickly as possible and updated throughout the day.

Your Chicago home

you can personalize your news feed to get your towns top news.

With the Midwests largest news staff, the Chicago Tribune home page is the place where original reporting, social media and multimedia all come together. It provides relevant, timely coverage essential to Chicagoans whenever they want and need information.

Complementary to the print edition

Look for the best stories and columns from todays newspaper in this belt.

As the online home of the Tribune, the site complements the print edition. Thats why we have assembled the topics from that days newspaper in an easily identified band that helps readers find the more in-depth coverage available from the print edition. Please visit us at chicagotribune.com/tellus. Wed like to hear from you. You can also contact us through the Reader Help Desk in the Chicago Tribune newsroom: call 312-222-3348.

New design and typography for the print edition

New Page 1 nameplate
refreshed our Page 1 logo, introducing a series of Chicagothemed illustrations to evoke a sense of the history of both the city and the newspaper.
Lettering: We have also simplified some of the linework in the Chicago Tribune lettering. The Tribunes Page 1 nameplate has featured a logo in this style, called blackletter, since the 1850s. illustrations: We have a few of the illustrations youll see

Tribune Tower

Representation of Chicago architecture

Buckingham Fountain

New typeface for the text of stories

Today we introduce a new, darker font intended to improve the legibility of our stories and provide a better aesthetic match to our headline typography.
Previous font: Nimrod,

used in the Tribune since 1993

new font: Mercury Text

Todays Chicago Tribune marks the debut of a bigger, better newspaper created to meet the expectations of our most loyal readers. For the past week, weve highlighted the pages that will be filled with expanded news coverage. Starting today you will find , those extra news pages throughout your newspaper each day pre, sented in a fresh new design and typography . Weve added depth, dimension and range to our news report. That means more coverage on the topics you asked for. Weve

Todays Chicago Tribune marks the debut of a bigger, better newspaper created to meet the expectations of our most loyal readers. For the past week, weve highlighted the pages that will be filled with expanded news coverage. Starting today, you will find those extra news pages throughout your newspaper each day, presented in a fresh new design and typography. Weve added depth, dimension and range to our news report. That means more coverage

We would like to hear from you

Please read the new Chicago Tribune and let us know what you think. You can contact us through the Reader Help Desk: n Call 312-222-3348. n Or email consumerservices@tribune.com.