Guardian gives readers option to ‘hide Olympics’ section on homepage
July 26th, 2012Posted by Rachel Bartlett in Online Journalism
The Guardian is offering its readers the option of hiding the part of its homepage dedicated to the majority of its Olympics coverage, in a move similar to that which it took during the Royal Wedding last year.
Back in April 2011 the Guardian also featured a button on its homepage to remove Royal Wedding related coverage.
And this feature is something that has been seen elsewhere during big news events. The website for Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet gave its readers the choice of a “Breivik-free” version during the trial of Anders Behring Breivik.
And just like the Guardian, Norwegian title, Verdens Gang, also offered a button for users to remove Royal Wedding coverage last year.
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