ABC owned stations roll out new Web design

ABC O&O stations debuted a new responsive website design this week. Since it’s responsive, the design adapts to fit all devices including phones and tablets.
The design uses a multicolumn format with minimal ad interruptions. Overall, the design features large typography with a simple blue color scheme.
The columns become a bit too busy on inside page, with the actual story only taking up half of the screen. The fonts all seem a bit too large, perhaps drawing comparisons to Huffington Post-style screamers.
Section fronts are often branded with a subtle background image, including map-themed backdrops for regionalized pages, such as the one from WLS-TV in Chicago shown below.
One nice touch is the redesigned weather pages, which include stylized backgrounds depicting current conditions and a horizontally scrolling hour-by-hour forecast feature.
The fonts used throughout are Muli and Lato, part of the Google Font service.
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