Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
The NewsBar. Open 24/7...usually in a downtown location. Here's how it works (in Eastern Time Zone):
Typical patron (working professional) comes in around 7:30 or 8 to grab a quick breakfast before the workday begins. The first thing he sees above the registers is the huge electronic ticker, scrolling the latest headlines from Reuters and stock quotes (which will be realtime after opening bell.) Along the main wall are huge TVs displaying the following: ABC/CBS/NBC network feeds (Local+Chicago and LA), CNN, Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CourtTV, ESPNnews, Weather Channel, and C-SPAN (rotates between 1 and 2.) The 24 hour networks have dedicated TVs and the less-watched networks rotate on other TVs. A programming schedule is available upon request.
Along the International wall, there are TVs rotating between BBCWorld, SkyNews, CBC Newsworld (Canada), and various other news feeds from Mexico, France, Israel/Middle East, Russia, China and Japan. This section also has clocks displaying the time in various corners of the world.
The bar is silent except for the audio feed from the biggest TV (which is usually set to Headline News.) However, anyone can rent a headset to tune to audio from any video feed or bring their own walkman. Spanish audio feeds are also available on secondary stereo for select channels.
Today, however, our patron isn't interested in television news. He usually comes in for the newspapers! In addition to the local papers, our patron can choose from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlanta JC, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, LA Times, USA Today and Canada's Globe and Mail in print editions. Or, he can rent a desktop workstation or even rent an e-reader and gain access to hundreds of national and international papers. His choice today will be the Asahi Shimbun from Tokyo on e-reader.
There are small conference rooms wired for Internet (wireless also) but today he doesn't have a breakfast conference scheduled. Patron orders his food and e-reader, pays, sits down and enjoys his news.
For afternoons, there is a full-service bar with appetizer food and even a news trivia game (like NTN. )For the evening news, there is a small studio setup behind glass for any of the local affiliates to do a story live from the bar. At night, the place fills up with folks looking for a place to do research, discuss a project with colleagues, or those who's job involves staying on top of the world's financial markets and other world news.
So whaddya think?