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by tommy @ 8:50 am

Did you get Sunday’s or Monday’s Tampa Tribune?

See what they are trying to accomplish at New Day Tampa (watch the volume).

What do you think of the redesign?

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26 Responses to “tampa tribune redesign”

Scott Gunsaullus Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Half the news at twice the price! I wonder if their circulation will take a hit?
Vinny Tafuro Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Wow, I didn’t realize they still had a print version; what will I ever do with that?

Now if they could just get their website to make as much sense as the typical blog or national news site.
Ed Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I saw one big spots section with a very limited amount of news, and it disappointed me.

Their website is really bad, so this just levels the difference.
Dining Review Tampa Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I like the new look. It feels more like a magazine now.
Clyde Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Personally very disappointed with the new format. They have modified news coverage to fit the (presumed)limited time and attention span of subscribers, but don’t carry the idea through to the sports section(s). The Tribune is well on the way to becoming irrelevant.
Ed Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I noticed the ads were much larger then before – did they lower their ad prices to get bigger ones or are they offfering larger ads for the same price? Or did the advertisers like the layout a lot more then I did?
Anonymous Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Ed, they probably didn’t lower the price. They outsourced the work on Ads though. So they make more money because the labor is cheaper.

Now the question is, with this race to the bottom, does the Times decide to follow suit? They’ve been doing that with the Trib’s moves even if there readership isn’t hurting in the same way.
Ed Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I have to comment that the new single section was 1/3 sports, and enclosed a second sports sections. So lets say half of my paper was sports and not “news”.

This is a compelling reason for me to cancel my subscription as I am not into sports.
Rob Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
The Trib just keeps giving people reasons to cancel it.
pc Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
What will they put in the paper after football season and before spring training?
junebee Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
No chance to observe. I cancelled my subscription after reading here that Joe Brown was no longer in the Trib.
Justin Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Once the best paper in central Florida, now no better than the St. Pete Lies.
Ybor City Rooster Tom and Pam Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Don’t like it. Gonna cancel and get the Times.

Messed up our morning routine. Essentially now a one section paper and that makes it impossible for us as a couple to both read the paper together in the mornings. It’s been a daily ritual for years.

Hey Tommy!! We aren’t having the Rooster Funeral and Parade this year so maybe we’ll have a Tampa Tribune Funeral and Parade instead!!!
dreaming Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
if this is the way the trib intends to be, evidently they could lay off a lot more people because the ‘charticles’ were mostly cop briefs. i cant imagine what so many writers left behind there are going write in this new format. but finally it looks like everyone will have less work, instead of more.

also, i had to laugh at janet coats’ notes to readers saying this is the paper people asked for. um, excuse me? exactly which people were those, janet?
The Carl Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Anyone see the letters to the editor in today’s Trib? Surprised they even ran them. Overwhelmingly against changes. This is how you euthanize a newspaper! (Wonder if Janet’s husband is doing the same thing up in Knoxville?)
Pam Says:
October 8th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Carl, check out today’s editorials. 2 yays for new format; 6 nays.

My comment yesterday said the Trib was essentially a one section paper now. Well…low and behold!! Today we also received the Central Tampa section and a Publix ad so I had something to read on my own while Rooster Tom could quietly read the all-in-one to himself. See, the last 2 days he’s been reading the news aloud so we could still “read” the paper together in the mornings. He’s thoughtful that way but now I know how Stevie Wonder feels.

Then we swapped sections like the old days
Ed Says:
October 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
It must be good for their revenue though – I havce been noticing that it seems ot be at least half ads.

34 Pages – 9 Sports pages – 13 pages of ads (estmated) = only 12 pages of news. That is not worth buying anymore.
stan Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
having been a TT subscriber for over 30 years.the changes.the format and layout are poor as compared to recent publications. the back breaker is the change to only one section. it’s great if only one person reads the newspaper, but im our household we read it jointly in the am.now one has to read it completely before the second person can start,this just does not work in our household. if this is the wave of the future then we will do without or go with the times.
mike Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I cancelled my subscription to the Trib today. I tried to do it by phone but kept going in recorded circles so I DROVE to Parker Street and did it.

Why contribute to the dumbing down of Tampa. Their local news is nothing but news briefs, no real stories. National news is sparse. And they have jacked up the size of the newsprint and run “life sized” pictures to take up space because of their lack of real content.

I cancelled the Times when they combined a couple of sections last May and went with the Trib.

Went back to the Times today.

The Times “sucks less” than the Trib as things stand right now. Here’s hoping they don’t follow suit and combine their sections too.

It’s official: Tampa is now a one newspaper town and it ain’t the Trib.
The Carl Says:
October 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Way to go, Mike, choosing the greater of two lessers. We’ll all be making similar choices again Nov. 4. (Don’t forget your “I Voted” sticker on your way out!)
Rich& Holly Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 5:49 am
The Tampa Tribune was already a weak paper without much going for it and the new format is down right awfull.We cancelled our subscription first thing yesterday and now have a new subscription to the St.Pete Times.The last thing the people want or need in these times of trouble is change for the worse.The old Tampa Tribune is now gone and your new Tampa Tribune flat out SUCKS!!!!!!!
pc Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Apparently the Trib got enough complaints to make a few more changes: http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/10/amid-a-deluge-o.html

Sharing the paper in the morning is a way of life for people that the Trib didn’t think was right to change I guess.
John Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
“in order to serve you better” is their mantra for cuts and attempts to boost the bottomed-out Media General stock ticker. they still waste tons of money each day producing a crappy free newspaper that gets tossed on people’s lawns on Friday night.

They’ve cut, and cut, and cut, and cut and you know what? They just cut themselves out of relevance.
Mike Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Hey Carl,

I’ve been trying to glean some meaning from your comment: “Way to go, Mike, choosing the greater of two lessers.”

I failed. What exactly are you trying to say?

Mike
frank sessa Says:
October 19th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
In the 80s Coke Cola changed their formula,we all know what the out come was. Sometimes change is good sometimes it’s not.IN THIS CASE IT’NOT. Go back to the old section form.
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