July 26, 2005

R.I.P. TV GUIDE

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This saddens me. TV GUIDE announced yesterday that it will cease to be a digest sized publication as of the Oct. 17 issue and be a regular sized slick color magazine with 25 percent listings and 75 percent stories (versus the 75 percent listings and 25 percent stories it has now).

I think I learned to read by studying issues of TV GUIDE (as well as Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, but I digress). I've come to use TV Guide as a valuable resource in researching classic TV cartoons. Like Loonatics and New Coke, this decision seems like a mistake to me. TV GUIDE has dropped the ball and I somehow believe someone else will start a new magazine to take its place. I hope so.


Posted by at July 26, 2005 09:14 AM