Time Warner plans to launch test of overhauled news portal, drawing influences from uncluttered design of popular blogs. Time Warner plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. The online division of the world’s largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new generation of media consumers to the site by offering more interactive features such as polls and voting features and user-created news on one page. Even as top news site Yahoo News’ traffic rose 8 percent to 33. The right column is occupied by wire feeds from major news sources from the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, and others. read more

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