%0 Journal Article
%T Hubs for innovation: Examining the effects of consolidated news design on quality
%A David L. Morris
%A Matthew J. Haught
%J Newspaper Research Journal
%@ 2376-4791
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0739532918775656
%X In an effort to cut costs, newspaper chains nationwide have consolidated design operations at a few sites. These design hubs have changed the newspaper production process and removed designers from newsrooms; yet, top designers are able to work with their peers in a major city to produce all titles for a chain. This study uses a quantitative analysis of front pages collected from 435 newspapers throughout the United States to examine the quality of newspaper designs at hub and nonhub-designed newspapers. It concludes that hub designed newspapers are generally better designed than nonhub newspapers
%K newspaper design
%K newspapers
%K front pages
%K consolidation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0739532918775656