WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

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This is how tomorrow’s front page will look with the new editorial and graphic formula for Diario de Noticias.

Rodrigo Boudrinho, art director of Diario de Noticias, and INNOVATION’s Guillermo Nagore working during the final minutes before tomorrow’s edition.

Luis Calisto, the editor, and Michael Blandy, the president of the paper, looking at the final pages.

Michael Blandy with Guillermo Nagore, Marta Botero and Carlos Soria.

Diario de Noticias has a new nameplate that this morning was turned into big pieces of chocolate as a sweet gift to follow the presentation of the new paper for more than 200 of Madeira’s VIPs.

Tomorrow, the leading newspaper of Funchal (Madeira), Diario de Noticias, launches its new editorial and graphic formula.

The Blandy family, which also produces some of Madeira’s best wines, and ControlInveste Media run this newspaper with style, passion and strong community-oriented news policies.

During the last nine months, a team of INNOVATION consultants (Carlos Soria, Guillermo Nagore, Eduardo Tessler, Ricardo Chaves, Decio Trujilo and Marta Botero) have been working on these changes under the leadership of Diario de Noticias president Michael Blandy and general manager Jose Bettencourt da Camara.

Dramatic and innovative changes for a regional newspaper.

Diario de Noticias is a striking case that shows how a quality, independent, regional newspaper can have one of the highest penetration rates of the Portuguese press.

Today I will show you today some of our prototypes, and tomorrow you will see the first real pages.

Guillermo Nagore, our New York-based design consultant, has been the force behind many of these new graphic concepts.