{"id":1040,"date":"2011-12-09T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T20:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2018-06-30T22:46:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T02:46:35","slug":"the-man-behind-the-york-daily-records-look-and-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/the-man-behind-the-york-daily-records-look-and-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"The man behind the York Daily Record&#8217;s look and feel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lou Silverstein was the longtime art director and assistant managing editor of the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Acting as a consultant, Silverstein, who died last week, also provided the York Daily Record&#8217;s basic design in 1993. The York Sunday News then took up that look in 2004.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We brought in Lou to shape our design because of our regard for what his work at the Times.<\/p>\n<p>YDR\/YSN Assistant Managing Editor Brad Jennings now oversees that design. In fact, he&#8217;s engaged in tweaking our look to work with a 44-inch web that will go in place later this month.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s accurate to say that the guy who gave the New York Times its world-class look also provided\u00a0 &#8211; alongside skilled designers in our newsroom &#8211; the hands and mind that shaped the York Daily Record\/Sunday News.<\/p>\n<p>As Managing Editor Randy Parker said in an email to a former Daily Record colleague:&#8221;Lou&#8217;s design-DNA still courses through the blood of the YDR, to be sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more about Lou Silverstein, see the New York Times obituary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/02\/nyregion\/louis-silverstein-times-art-director-dies-at-92.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&amp;smid=fb-share\">Louis Silverstein, Who Gave a Bolder and Airier Look to The Times, Dies at 92<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lou Silverstein was the longtime art director and assistant managing editor of the New York Times. 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