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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:24:56 +0000

[...] the Tribune’s redesign in October, Bob Ross said good buy to “a dying friend.” It’s time to pull the [...]

By: frank sessa

frank sessa — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:31:56 +0000

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.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:38:57 +0000

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

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:01:00 +0000

“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.

By: pc

pc — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:27 +0000

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.

By: Rich& Holly

Rich& Holly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:49:20 +0000

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!!!!!!!

By: The Carl

The Carl — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:15:51 +0000

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!)

By: mike

mike — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:51:29 +0000

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.

By: stan

stan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:33:23 +0000

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.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:38:15 +0000

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.