A word on changes, site interfaces and trends.
6 years ago
Embracing changes for the sake of novelty and "keeping up with the times", as well as following trends boosted by the normalcy, without questioning whether they're necessary/desired or not, is one of the ways we allow sites to do questionable interface layout & style changes.
It's also how Microsoft went from two of it's best logos (1,2) to something you can do in MS Paint or GIMP in a few minutes (this), all for the sake of trying to imitate Google's minimalism.
FA+

Similarly, two of our local networks have kept the same logo structure for as long as I've been in this world.
Telefe (then & now)
America (then & now)