The fifth and final news reader to be included in this series of 5 favorite readers, FeedDemon, is no newcomer to the scene and has some great features.
Each of the other readers in the series – NewsGator Online, BlogBridge Desktop, Bloglines, Google Reader – is free. For FeedDemon there is a modest charge of $29.95 and there is a fully functional 30 day download option.
I haven’t used FeedDemon for a while but on taking it for a run in the past couple of days I am impressed once more.
I find the layout very clear and easy to follow. A …read more

In this short series on my five favorite news readers, I’m listing NewsGator Online first, not because it’s my daily default reader, which it isn’t, but because it is:

excellent in its layout and usability
a web service, so there is no download required (good for travel)
the reader which served me best for quite a long time
a reader to which I might still come back, after trying others
free :)

In terms of the layout and usability:

I can organise my feeds neatly into groups
I can quickly scan the latest posts for each of the selected feeds
with just the blog post title and a couple …read more