Farewell to the Crawl
Dec 21, 2008 in Advertising, Broadcast, Television
“COVERLOAD CNN, left, used to scroll news continuously at the bottom of the screen. It now has a more static approach” - B. Stetler / NYTimes / 20 Dec. 2008 .
The New York Times published an article yesterday regading the departure of one of cable news’ most [in]famous partners: the Crawl.
Apparently the “crush of news” sparked by the 9/11 terrorist attacks ushered in the constantly-updated-news era, and thus a graphics revolution. But does a less cluttered screen offer more to the viewer? Click the pic. to find out.