January 23, 2007 6:46 AM
The new-look Rocky print edition
The Rocky's print edition has changed beginning with today's edition:
Slightly smaller size, new page 1 flag, stories that don't "jump" from one page to deep into the paper, a more convenient grouping of features, a redesigned Spotlight section.
Let us know what you think, with comments here and with direct feedback to editor John Temple, who'll be online at 10:30 a.m. to talk about the changes. Join the chat here at 10:30 a.m.
January 23, 2007
7:33 AM
Sean Burke writes:
I've always enjoyed the format of the Rocky Mountain News, and found it more portable than the 'other' paper. After recieving the 'new' format Rocky and had a chance to read through it, I think it could possibly be the BEST newspaper I've ever read. Not only does the size make it great, but to find entire columns in one section without having to 'jump' all over the paper, is fantastic! My only gripe is I wish I could recieve the Rocky Mountain News not only weekdays, but EVERYDAY!
Thanks guys!
January 23, 2007
7:52 AM
Pamela Widmann writes:
I LOVE IT!
My family can all read sections at the same table, recyclying will be lighter, I hate finding the end of an article miles from its beginning...
THANKS!
January 23, 2007
7:54 AM
Sharon Freeman writes:
I love the format of the Rocky Mountain News. The new oneiseven better. We don't even open the weekend paper because of the format. Being a (as my Dad used to say) shirt-tail relative of William N. Byers makes me a little prejudice but very happy the Rocky Mountain News is still going strong.
Thank you,
Sharon K. Freeman
January 23, 2007
7:59 AM
Donald Frette writes:
Your new weather page is pathetic - worst I have ever seen.
January 23, 2007
8:05 AM
Bob Thomson writes:
Just what I need, a toy newspaper.
The print is so small that I can't read most of it.
The good news is that my subscription will soon expire and it will not be renewed.
January 23, 2007
8:08 AM
Richie Turner writes:
Nice change to your paper! I like the format and the organization much better (sections by title instead of letter). Now if you just drop Littwin for extra advertising it would be PERFECT!
January 23, 2007
8:23 AM
William Tietjen writes:
Move over Thrifty Nickel, here comes the Thrifty Rocky. Look at this thing; it's a hand puppet; just one more time I'd like to hear someone else, other than Litwin say, "I shrunk it." I'd rather hear Vincent Carroll say, "Ok, "I get it," "less room for my opinions." Yeh, I found Litwin. "Not alright." The only way this Rocky could be worthwhile is if you found a way to shrink it such that there was no more room for Mike Rosen. Do I like it? No Sir! I don't like it! Not one bit! I'm only waiting now for my Weekly Standard and expect to see the Rocky in the same mailbag...I've shrunk my opinion accordingly
January 23, 2007
8:30 AM
SUZIE SCHNEIDER writes:
I have not read todays paper but did sort it this morning and took a quick flip through it. My initial reaction....wow it is small & the ads overpower the articles.
January 23, 2007
8:35 AM
Judy Smith writes:
Your ideas are backwards. .The seniors cannot read the new smaller font, and we are the ones who can sit and enjoy the newspapers. Many of the younger generations read their news on computer or podcasts. Does Matt Littwin write for the Denver Post? We are cancelling our subscription to the "new" News.
January 23, 2007
8:50 AM
Pam Whyte writes:
The type is WAY TOO SMALL - I am only 43 but I noticed immediately that this new format is harder to read - due to just getting older. THE AGE GROUP THAT READS AND PAYS FOR THE PAPER IS NOT 16! The ad's jump out and are still huge though. My kids grandmother could not read the movie listings before...now you need a magnifying glass! I like the size of the paper...but not the TYPE! I may have to just turn on the news instead.
January 23, 2007
8:56 AM
Anonymous writes:
Wow, so far most of you people don't like the new paper.
Get used to it. It's called cost cutting. Today's sugar energy drinking young adults don't subscribe to the newspaper. They grew up on MTV, no reading required.
The paper will get smaller and smaller until it's about the size of Denver's free paper, Denver Daily News.
Then, the print edition will go away completely and you'll get to know your pc a little better.
January 23, 2007
9:09 AM
Chuck Bird writes:
The paper wouldn't be bad at all if your new system would fold the paper right. I had to recrease and refold it this morning to be able to read. A lot like the old paper. The print is to small, maybe we should change over to the other paper??
277530
January 23, 2007
9:12 AM
gr8fuldude writes:
If you could manage to drop the insipid "Border Street" series, it would be a major improvement, in my opinion...
January 23, 2007
9:20 AM
Robert E. Warner writes:
Apparently no one there is old enough to remember the disaster caused the last time you tried to change the weather page. You lost then and, I think, you'll lose this time.
You HAVE to have the 5-day forecast. It's the best way for a quick look into the future weather-wise. I notice it's prominently available online but few people look there.
I really didn't have a problem reading the news, but, I did notice that the ads really blare out at you. It's similar to radio and television. The ads are much louder there too.
Well, fix the weather thing and I guess I'll be happy (until we get the bed spread sized Denver Post edition on Saturday and Sunday) of course.
Bob
January 23, 2007
9:30 AM
John Bateman writes:
I like the new format. It is not that much smaller than the old one. It is so much easier to use than that "other" paper. Now if you could just change the weekend editions, then life would be good.
January 23, 2007
9:34 AM
Mark Thorp writes:
You can shrink the paper even more by shipping lefties like Mike Nitwit, Paul Campos, Ed Stein, Tina Griego and Bill Johnson over to that Communist rag, The Denver Post.
January 23, 2007
9:35 AM
Valerie Walling writes:
Sorry to disappoint you, but when I just want bite-size news (a headline and a paragraph) I go straight online. But that's what I found in my Rocky this morning. The reason for a hardcopy newspaper is to read in-depth news! My 11 year old son was a faithful sports page reader and was disappointed this morning that a lot was missing from his daily read.
January 23, 2007
9:39 AM
Nancy Benedetti writes:
I didn't receive a Spotlight today. Has that section been deleted? Hope not.
January 23, 2007
9:47 AM
Jeffrey writes:
It's definitely smaller, and the spin the editor has put out about the same column inches or whatever is just that, spin. And the type is too small. It just seems like a bunch of bells and whistles and less substance. If I want that, I'd go online. Typical Rocky, it seems. Let's show off what cool things we can do with our computers and run pictures REALLY REALLY big and try to be "reader friendly" by running shorter items because it "appeals" to younger people.
January 23, 2007
10:00 AM
Jerry Doerksen writes:
Two positives from the changes: 1)Reading articles is much easier not having to flip pages and 2) Mike Littwin and the rest of the Rocky Talk bunch are ALMOST out of the paper.
January 23, 2007
10:08 AM
Tree writes:
Can I super size and get fries with it?
January 23, 2007
11:10 AM
Deann Smith writes:
I did like the new paper. Much less paper to deal with. Would love to see the weekend format move to the same thing. The only thing I did not care for was the weather section. I read the paper on the lightrail so I don't have access to a computer at that time to see the extended forcast. I like the news I need to be in one place with the way it is now I have to look elsewhere.
January 23, 2007
11:18 AM
Ellen Johnson writes:
First glance good. Trying to read small print - bad. Have you forgotten all the seniors that read your paper.......
January 23, 2007
11:32 AM
Sam writes:
Boy you just lost me as a subscriber!
The format is nice, but the print is too small. One of the main reasons I take the Rocky is because of the cartoons. Now that I can't read them, there is not much reason to stay.
And what's with this "magazine" BS? I want a paper, not a magazine. You know that the size is now slightly smaller than the old Life magazine? What sense does that make?
And Mr. Temple, I am sick of your columns about yourself and the news of the news. Today all you said was "I and we" nothing about what your readers want.
January 23, 2007
11:33 AM
Joan Dyke writes:
Do not like it. Like other comments you have received, I believe your older readers are definitley going to have a problem, which includes me and my husband. I had a heck of a time writing small enough to do my favorite puzzle "celebrity cipher". "Honey, I Shrunk the Newspaper" would be a suitable comment!
January 23, 2007
11:42 AM
bobwilson writes:
why can't the paper be folded correctly?Why can't we have a financial markets page that is complete?
January 23, 2007
11:48 AM
am 760 writes:
Mark Thorp you are a complete moron. Move to a country who has a dictator ruling. Oh, I forgot Bush is our dictator, who is in power because of sheep like you. Wake up fool.
January 23, 2007
12:12 PM
AJ writes:
My mother always told me if I couldn't say something nice to say nothing at all.
AJ
OH- just thought of something good about the much-ballyhooed Rocky: My recycling bin is going to be much lighter to bounce down the stairs and off the curb. Maybe even lighter than I think, since we've given ourselves one week to decide if the new news-bite format is worth the eye strain or if we should just cancel.
January 23, 2007
12:12 PM
Dana Johnson writes:
Garbage.
I'm going to save you even more paper by canceling my subscription. Why pay for this junk when I can get the news online, or on TV? Annoying color ads and big pictures, you should pay me to look at them not the other way around!
Big mistake.
January 23, 2007
12:18 PM
Craig Sanders writes:
Overall impression very favorable EXCEPT for the layout of the editorial pages - how boring can you get? The content is fine but just dividing things up into boxes is uninspired and lacks the punch and design improvements found elsewhere. PLEASE give the layout for these pages more attention so they are more attractive to the eye. .
January 23, 2007
12:30 PM
Malcolm Lynn Baker writes:
You can put on all the lipstick and tie on all the bows you want, but the Rocky is still an editorial pig.
PS -- My dog and cat seem to really enjoy the new look.
January 23, 2007
12:43 PM
john price writes:
I don't mind the new size but the layout reminds me of the kind of thing you see in one of the local weekly papers not what the quality I'd expect from a major daily newspaper.
January 23, 2007
1:04 PM
Karla Kimrey writes:
I feel like I'm reading The Onion - once my subscription is up I'll be a Denver Post ONLY girl.
January 23, 2007
1:12 PM
Jeremy writes:
New Coke and Crystal Pepsi come to mind. This will flop accordingly. I purchase a newspaper to have a source of information that is still unmatched by internet media. I'm 24 and I still would argue that educated folks well into the future would rather have a newspaper for in-depth news than be forced to stare at a mind-numbing computer screen. Maybe the price should drop to match the quality? If it looks like a rag, reads like a rag, and has advertisements the size of Texas like a rag...then...I'm pretty sure it's a rag. Give me back my paper, or this subscription is gone.
January 23, 2007
1:26 PM
Sam writes:
You know, this is the last straw in my dislike of this newspaper. It all started when Temple changed the name to "The Denver Rocky Mountain News" and quit delivering it statewide. The continued exclusion of most stories found on the AP critical of Bush and the war was the more recent.
You too can just change to the Denver Post as early as tomorrow by calling 303-892-6397 and hold for a live person. No extra charge. No money lost. Same non-introductory rate.
January 23, 2007
1:33 PM
Michael Whitney writes:
Stick a fork in it, it's done,
January 23, 2007
1:33 PM
Jerry Donovan writes:
It looks like you not only reduced the overall size of the RMN, but also the column widths, the space between columns and the leading between lines. Worse...the type size appears smaller. When the age of the average newspaper reader is 55 years old (Carnegie Corporation study) why do you make it more difficult for us with failing eyesight to read your newspaper?
January 23, 2007
1:49 PM
Todd writes:
Mr. Temple- If I wanted a magazine, I'd buy a magazine. I like the idea of stories continuing on the next page. Other than that I think you've missed the mark. I hope you've enjoyed my money because you may be seeing the last of it.
January 23, 2007
2:26 PM
D.T. writes:
I was sifting thru some of these posts about the print being smaller so I grabbed yesterdays and compared. They are identical. There is no difference in the size of print, however I do think the space between lines is smaller ,hence making the print look smaller, it is an illusion. I personaly like it.
Now if Mr. Temple could get some writers to join their new newspaper that are not left of liberal like the old guy on the new backpages it would make it even a better paper.
January 23, 2007
2:35 PM
Anonymous writes:
What happened to the 5 day forcast - big mistake doing away with it!
January 23, 2007
2:43 PM
gr8fuldude writes:
Several years ago when the JOA was approved between the Post and News, I figured it would be a matter of time before rates increased, newsstand price increased, content would be cut and editorial scope would be narrowed. This is one of those times I hate being right.
I will be paying more to have the NY Times delivered. One of the few things I miss from my days on the east coast...
January 23, 2007
2:57 PM
Tree writes:
Bloggers-
Get used to it, you're not going to get your old print back. RMN sold the press to make payroll. The new smaller edition is formatted to be printed at Kinko's thru out the state. Cuts down on transportation and distribution cost. Now every Mountain town with a Kinko's can have an edition ready by 12:01 am or yesterdays news.
We saw the writing on the wall. What happened to Oldsmobile? Their customers got old and died and GM shut down Oldsmobile. Today's youth don't read the paper but they sure can text and mix energy sugar drinks with vodka.
I blogged 6 months ago after walking my dog thru the neighborhood at 5am before work. No one had the paper at the end of their driveway and it blew me away people don't buy the paper anymore. When I delivered the paper 30 years ago as a kid keeping track of the houses to hit in the subdivision was easy. You just had to keep track which houses didn't get the paper.
January 23, 2007
3:01 PM
Bert Canniff writes:
Thanks for the change. Now I can have my cup of coffee on the table with the newspaper.
January 23, 2007
3:02 PM
John Temple writes:
Thank you everybody for posting your comments. I'm glad to see so much discussion on our Web site.
A few quick answers.
The 5-day forecast has been moved to Page News 2 to make it even higher profile. It's on the second page of the paper at the top of the right-hand column.
Spotlight is in the center of the paper, where it's always been. The difference is that for the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday papers, it will be printed with the main part of the paper. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, it will still be printed separately. Every Spotlight page is labeled as such.
As for legibility, there has been no reduction in the space between the lines. None. The body type has been slightly reduced. However, as I pointed out on RockyTalkLive, the reduction is much smaller than in the Saturday paper readers have been receiving for months. And in that time, I haven't received one complaint about the smaller type on Saturdays. I'd ask that you give it a chance and then let me know what you think. The reduction is roughly 3 percent.
The quality of the fold and the printing will improve. Last night was the first time we used the new presses to print a tabloid. It's a big step. These presses are fully capable of printing a newspaper that rivals magazines. We'll be doing everything we can to build our performance over time. Our press crews are working very hard to get it right.
Given the challenge of making this switch, I'm delighted we got the paper out on time.
I hope you check out "The Crossing." I think it's a powerful series worth tracking.
Best,
John Temple
Editor, president and publisher
Rocky Mountain News
January 23, 2007
3:02 PM
Tree writes:
8dude-
Same thing in Detroit. Detroit Freepress and the D. News merged with a JOA and share the Sunday. When I was home over the holdays, the Freepress is wafer thin, like a college paper. I called Susan Whitall at the paper, she's been writing rock and roll and other columns for 25 years. She said subscriptions are so bad the paper is going to get thinner and thinner and eventually be replaced by what we are doing right now.
January 23, 2007
3:13 PM
D.T. writes:
gr8fuldude,
The NYT is left of the Post and News together if that is possible.
In fact hey are probably the most liberal paper in the states, oh wait there is another one in San Fransico but i`m not sure you can include SF as part of the states, they are in a different world.
January 23, 2007
3:15 PM
Eric Cartman writes:
It's still too big. I am looking for something about the size of Readers Digest. (The Crossing does sound interesting)
January 23, 2007
3:22 PM
gr8fuldude writes:
Tree - Sad but true all the way around...When I was back home in 2004, I noticed the same thing.
Like Wolfe said, "You can't go home again"...
January 23, 2007
3:28 PM
Anonymous writes:
Now...reduce my price 20%. This is the last subscription. You people don't understand how to please your customers. What is the average age of your subscriber? They cannot read the print. My subscription will be cancelled. You need to understand your consumers and their needs...not yours.
January 23, 2007
3:30 PM
John Beauparlant writes:
I hate the new paper even worse than its last incarnation. I didn't think that was possible! The last time the paper changed its format, I was assured by John Temple that I would learn to love it eventually and I just needed to give it some time. Well, that never happened, John, and now I simply can't stand it even more.
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal would be much better targets of emulation than would The Onion, the British tabloids, and People magazine. I am experiencing salt in old wounds with this latest rendition, and I am thinking of just bagging it altogether. And I have been a loyal reader for over 30 years. Very sad.
January 23, 2007
3:32 PM
Steve Ormiston writes:
I love the new format, the type, the fact that articles are all on one page. The photo quality is amazing. Keep up the great work!
January 23, 2007
3:41 PM
Tree writes:
8dude-
Could you imagine me as the marketing director at RMN. The Sunday edition would sell the most, especially in Mountain towns as I would replace the AOL software insert with rolling papers. I see slogans falling from the sky.
Get your paper in the paper. The smoking paper. Recycle the green way. High Altitude Times. Our columnist are highly trained. High honors for Mike Littwin and Mark Wolfe. I see cash falling from the Tree, I better hug it.
January 23, 2007
3:51 PM
Mountain Man writes:
Tree-
I bet you would have Tvert writing columns too.
January 23, 2007
3:53 PM
am 760 writes:
I guess you are going for that National Enquire or New York Post look. I don't care about the look or format, just print the truth and have some accountability for a change. The print is to small though.
January 23, 2007
3:57 PM
am 760 writes:
Beside Mike Rosen is there more of a right wing propagandist than Vincent Carroll. Geez, the guy hates everything from the left. Nice balance and fair reporting RMN, about as credible as Faux News.
January 23, 2007
3:59 PM
gr8fuldude writes:
Tree, if ever there was a job unto which you were born, I think that is it...Party on!
January 23, 2007
4:03 PM
Tree writes:
M&M-
I don't know if the S.F. paper still has a green sports section. (the paper color is light green) That would be my organic garden section, the most important section.
The how to section of organics:
Oooops, that's not a tomato plant.
What to grow in the sun and heat.
That smell is normal 9 months later.
This plant just won't quit and it's November.
Your mother was right, males are evil and kill them all.
Get ready for Chemo, 9 months in advance.
January 23, 2007
4:21 PM
gr8fuldude writes:
Tree - I also like "Wind Up with the News on Sunday"...
January 23, 2007
4:46 PM
Monica Geske writes:
I'm going to attempt to swim upstream here. I like the new format. The smaller size wasn't very noticable but the crispness of the paper and the printing were definitely apparant. Though the font size may be a bit smaller, the higher contrast printing made it much easier to read. I also appreciate not jumping around trying to find the rest of the stories.
And as someone who does reads her news both off of the internet and with a daily paper, I really like this newspaper. I pay the big bucks for a full years subscription and sacrifice buying other things so I can have the treat of reading the entire paper each morning.
Don't let the growing pains get you down Rocky. Keep up the good, hard work.
January 23, 2007
4:46 PM
Tree writes:
8dude-
Sunday paper comes rolled. RMN weeds out the competition. Smaller and stronger. Sunday purple opinion page. It's just too easy making a buck here.
January 23, 2007
4:53 PM
Peter Neidecker writes:
If the print is smaller, it is minutely so. We truly have a good paper compared to most cities. The best way to get more news in it would be to drop Littwin, Campos and Doonesbury. (Stein may also be an idealogue always to the left, but he has brains and can be funny.)
January 23, 2007
5:21 PM
Anonymous writes:
Peter Pecker-
You kiddin' me? Just go home and watch O'Reilly already. Are you that scared of life?
You can take your W sticker off your car too, he's not going to help you anymore than Haggard.
January 23, 2007
5:43 PM
Doug of Lakewood writes:
I am very impressed with your new paper. I can actually read it next to my breakfast and coffee; without having to feel like I have a map to fold with every flip of the page. The text is fine. No worse than text size on the internet. A lot of the people who are complaining about it and threatened to cancel their subscription; well they can now afford to go back to the eye doctor, so they can actually read anything printed today. I wonder if they complain to TV Guide about their text size. Thank you for making a much better paper for a younger generation that still values getting things in print. Only complaint - less ads more news.
January 23, 2007
5:45 PM
Doug of Lakewood writes:
I am very impressed with your new paper. I can actually read it next to my breakfast and coffee; without having to feel like I have a map to fold with every flip of the page. The text is fine. No worse than text size on the internet. A lot of the people who are complaining about it and threatened to cancel their subscription; well they can now afford to go back to the eye doctor, so they can actually read anything printed today. I wonder if they complain to TV Guide about their text size. Thank you for making a much better paper for a younger generation that still values getting things in print. Only complaint - less ads more news.
January 23, 2007
5:45 PM
Doug of Lakewood writes:
I am very impressed with your new paper. I can actually read it next to my breakfast and coffee; without having to feel like I have a map to fold with every flip of the page. The text is fine. No worse than text size on the internet. A lot of the people who are complaining about it and threatened to cancel their subscription; well they can now afford to go back to the eye doctor, so they can actually read anything printed today. I wonder if they complain to TV Guide about their text size. Thank you for making a much better paper for a younger generation that still values getting things in print. Only complaint - less ads more news.
January 23, 2007
5:46 PM
Doug of Lakewood writes:
I am very impressed with your new paper. I can actually read it next to my breakfast and coffee; without having to feel like I have a map to fold with every flip of the page. The text is fine. No worse than text size on the internet. A lot of the people who are complaining about it and threatened to cancel their subscription; well they can now afford to go back to the eye doctor, so they can actually read anything printed today. I wonder if they complain to TV Guide about their text size. Thank you for making a much better paper for a younger generation that still values getting things in print. Only complaint - less ads more news.
January 23, 2007
5:49 PM
Anonymous writes:
It's the Incredible Shrinking Newspaper. No wonder people are going to the Internet for news and newspapers are closing. I want a newspaper, not a magazine. And I want to read something that's not so busy that it gives me a headache.
January 23, 2007
5:50 PM
Chip writes:
I'm sorry, maybe I'm too old at 41, but I just can't read the tiny type or the tiny comics ... I'm going to switch to the Post when my subscription is up .... too small is too small ...
January 24, 2007
8:43 AM
David Hakala writes:
When did the Rocky get a print edition? :-)
January 26, 2007
11:21 AM
Hogar De Vuelta (العودة) writes:
An improved paper, but papers are going to go away eventually.
January 26, 2007
12:44 PM
Rocky Barnhard writes:
I have been getting the Rocky Mountain newspaper everyday since I moved here 2 1/2 years ago, and it is the beginning to my day, everyday. I was thinking of canceling my order because you had gotten bad about the way it was folded, being way off and the ink spreading at the bottom of the page, where I could not read the bottom lines of the article. It was getting frustrating, but maybe you now have solved some of those problems. I have thought that your home subscriber's are what keeps you in business, you don't charge people who read the paper online so I hope you can keep up the great job you did with this first edition. I especially love the new size as I often take it to work and read it in my vehicle, Saturday and Sunday are hard to read over my steering wheel. Keep up the customer service and I will always be a subscriber. Thanks, Great Job!!!!
January 26, 2007
12:47 PM
Virginia Dennis writes:
How do I hate the new format? Let me count the ways! A cheap imitation of a newspaper, and you have even screwed up the weather page. Takes talent. You should get some.
January 26, 2007
12:50 PM
Mike writes:
The new format is bad! Print is way too small. Need a magnifying glass to read it. Guess this really means the News is about to fold. Too bad, it was a good paper for many years. Having only one paper will make us just like most of the other cities now. My subscription it up in June. Hope you last that long.
January 26, 2007
1:12 PM
Marlene writes:
The new format of the Rocky is the best it's every been! I don't read the post because of it's format. It's so big, you have to spread it across the whole dining room table in order to read and crunch it down to see a top story, YUCK!!!
I predict that the sales in the Rocky will go up!!! It would be even better if you could change the weekend paper to this same format...
January 26, 2007
1:19 PM
Joanne writes:
Having received a bill for yet another years subscription and then today seeing the NEW look I have to ask what is next. Last year we got the Denver post format on the weekends and the price doubled, this year the price increased 35% and we got a paper that is smaller. The only time I read the news is on the weekends perhaps in a few years (after shrinkage) I will accept the Post as the Rocky. At least the change came before I had paid. For a city the size of Denver to have only one choice is a statement of what is to come. Price product and corporate bottom dollar is the New American way. So long to the News.
January 26, 2007
11:29 PM
edgar writes:
Wow, I'm really, truly starting to tire of the comments about the Rocky here. I'll just basically void my credibility with most people by prefacing all of this with "when I was back east..."
The paper's subscription price isn't that bad. I guess I moved here after the nickel a year bargains, but guess what? I'd like a newspaper that isn't hemorrhaging money. And there was no way the Post or News could survive without upping their subscription costs, ad rates and the like. I've heard people say they want a vibrant newspaper, well guess what, that costs money. And the new print isn't noticeably smaller at all. I feel badly for the people who say they can't read it any more, but I also truly believe that it's more psychological than actual.
Just wish the paper had more hockey news and gave up on the pun-ny headlines. Especially in sports -- makes the section unreadable some days.
January 31, 2007
7:56 PM
Linda B. writes:
I just HATE the new format! Was the change made to save print and paper? It sure wasn't done to improve readability (all headings, especially in Spotlight, are so small I can hardly find the columns I used to love). Visually the whole paper is unappealing and cheap-looking. I want my old paper back!