In case you haven’t seen it yet, the new MLive.com site design launched today. Check it out!
We’re big fans of the new MLive navigation – but it got us thinking about how far Michigan newspapers have come online. Using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, we took a look at how Michigan newspapers have evolved over the years:
(Note: The Detroit News and Lansing State Journal have been excluded from the Wayback Machine’s archives, or else we would have included screenshots!)
MLive, December 1997:
Detroit Free Press, April 1998:
(Good news, Lions fans! Charlie Batch is coming to Detroit!)
Traverse City Record-Eagle, June 2001:
MLive.com, September 2001:
Detroit Free Press, March 2002:
MLive, March 2005: