By: Carl Sullivan The New York
Daily News launched a
redesigned Web site this week, using the Digital Workbench publishing system from Raleigh, N.C.-based Nando Media, a division of the McClatchy Co. of Sacramento, Calif.
The
Daily News was previously running its site on a proprietary system built in 1996, said Marie DeParis, senior vice president and associate publisher, new media. She called the new site "image-intensive," reflecting the importance of the colorful photography that is the signature of the print edition of the newspaper.
The Digital Workbench platform gives the
Daily News greater flexibility and allows for much faster news updates, DeParis added. The software also brings some now-common features to nydailynews.com, such as printer-friendly and e-mail-to-a-friend buttons.
The
Daily News already had a relationship with Nando, which previously hosted the New York paper's Web servers.
The New York tabloid is the largest newspaper to use Nando's platform, which is Linux-based. McClatchy's
Sacramento (Calif.)
Bee was previously the largest paper using Digital Workbench.
"It's a great opportunity for us to showcase our experience and technology and to help the
Daily News achieve its online goals," said Nando President and Publisher James Green.
Nando provides Web tools to McClatchy newspapers and licenses its software to non-McClatchy properties, including Torstar Corp.'s Metroland community newspapers in Canada,
The Bakersfield Californian, and
The Victoria (Texas)
Advocate.
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