Comments on: Star to Charge 39 Bucks a Year for TV Listings

By: Max Load

Max Load — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:06:49 +0000

Everyone has their hand out. The reason you are now being asked to pay is because the service/provider that they had been getting listings from likely hiked *their* prices to the point it was economically infeasible, given the razor thin profit margins most dailies now operate from, to continue giving it away.
Another paper I know of switched days, from Sunday to Saturday, and only made the listings available by request to their subscribers. Don’t know if that was “shoot yerself in the foot move” or not, it’s too early to tell.
Chalk it up to a changing world, and hope that’s the worst thing we see before 2012.

By: Downtown Denizen

Downtown Denizen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:18:45 +0000

Folks, I’ve been trying to use the Star’s former TV listing for months. I have Direct TV and the cable movie times are wrong… 100 percent of the time. Why would I pay EXTRA for something that’s inaccurate?

I don’t watch TV enough to care. I’ll just flip around and if I see something I like, I’ll stop for a bit.

Good luck, Lee Enterprises.

PS == has the “new” Tucson Citizen commented on this past week’s buyouts and upcoming reorganization at the Star?

By: tiponeill

tiponeill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:35:04 +0000

Why would you subscribe for TV listings when they are online for free ?

By: Tom Garrett

Tom Garrett — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:02 +0000

I too searched the Sunday paper for the TV section. I assumed that it was inadvertantly omitted. Now I know the truth. Thank you. But I will seriously consider cancelling my subscription.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:24:26 +0000

I have been a Star subscriber continuously for 35 years. I wondered why I didn’t get a TV Week today. I nearly chose not to renew the last time because the paper has gone seriously down hill. Their new strategy to rip off their loyal subscribers and further devalue the product will result in the cancellation of my subscription. Keep it up Lee Enterprises! Soon you will become known as an environmental company for saving all those trees that won’t be needed to produce your third rate product anymore, because nobody will want it.