Rolfe Winkler

Thanks for the news Rolfe. I am surprised that you are the messenger of such an important change, take that as a compliment. It has been fun to exchange views with you guys and girls. I had a look at the new web page and have the following comments:1. I have never been sure who provides who with content.2. Will the Great Debate also fall away?3. My personal preference of news by latitude, i.e. working my way from east to west, as timelines change, cannot be fulfilled as the reporters seem to be skewed to certain latitudes and countries. At present the US, India and UK news is basically the same and other seems merely translated.4. Web pages are unstructured, have become too complicated and scatological and have a shotgun approach. The news comes from everywhere and lands everywhere. This leads to low absorption and click rates. I got put off by the unclear and tedious signing up procedure at the first visit.5. A free trial would indicate some form of payment later on. Read with 1 above, the risk of divulging banking details over the Net and personal budget constraints, I have to withdraw at this stage. I will have to fall back on TV and logic again to get by. Reuters and CNN will always be associated with the USA, as will foreign policy, my bane at the moment being Afghanistan.All of the best with the merger and thanks again. I will miss your mug shots and relaxed style and hope the new commentary page provides better advertising income.