Really like the first banner. Really nice sprites and you (or how ever made them) did an excellent job at taking new Pokemon and making them look like they're from Red and Blue and they're accurate to how simple Game Freak would have to make the new gen Pokemon back then.
The second toke me a while to get the joke, but it wasn't very funny in my opinion. Clever though. It also doesn't have proper grammar which bothers me.The "t" in "that's" and the I need to be capitalized and there's no period. Sorry I'm a grammar freak.
Overall: 5/10 Good first banner, but a not so good second one.
And I was ninja'd by Hikari.
8/10 I have never seen or heard of The Newsroom, though it sounds familiar. Really good colors and a neat quote with organized links.