Gosh, what were they thinking?

The new cbsnews.com website is a horrible mess. The ad at the top of the page takes up a third of the browser screen. The old design was much more user-friendly. Why did they feel a need to change a useful site?

Ah, perhaps this is the reason (quote from the NYT article): "This has the potential to revolutionize news on the Internet they way CNN did for television," said Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Tom Wolzien.

Wahoo.