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David: It's a valid point, but the challenge they have is complex. Their systems need to handle editing, workflow, layout, pagination, ad placement and integration with printing presses for three editions on the print side. On the online side they've got dozens of outputs from Web pages to Kindles to a panoply of syndication feeds, plus tools for reader comments, database journalism, online discussions, blogs, multimedia, etc. The systems are outdated the moment you deploy them, and yet there's millions of capital investment tied up in them. Oh, and it's a 24-hour newsroom, so lengthy outages for upgrades and maintenance are off the table.

They've made a bunch of choices there I don't agree with (I am a former employee, after all), but given the giant octopus of CMS needs they have, the publishing tools there could be a lot worse.

by Karl Eisenhower on Feb 2, 2009 9:32 am • link • report

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