Good move? I don't know but I do like my paper copy. Only perks: it's free and it'll save the trees.
TV Guide Canada Goes Online in Attempt To Be a Tele-Visionary [DIV class=nimp style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px"] [/DIV]
Digital Journal — In six weeks, Canadians will no longer be able to buy the print version of TV Guide. Its ever-popular TV listings will only be available free online, which is a positive sign for cash-strapped couch potatoes and a warning sign for the mag industry.
Transcontinental Media is killing the printed TV Guide after its Nov. 25 issue, instead transitioning to a Web publication that will feature similar articles and listings on [A href="vny!://www.tvguide.ca/"]TVGuide.ca[/A]. "After thorough research into brand development for TV Guide, we have determined that the long-term market potential for the print magazine is limited," said Francine Tremblay, senior vice president of consumer publishing, in a statement, "Ubiquitous on-screen program guides through digital or satellite services and the Internet have changed the way people choose what to watch on TV."
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Well they probably figured there readers have the internet. Never actually seen the tv guide to be honest. The paper here has its own and now my cable has its own guide so its kinda become a thing of the past although there's a tv guide channel don't watch that channel much.
Well, we subscribed to TV Guide every year. I don't know why though. I can't really read the listings as they're so incredibly stupid to decipher.
I guess with technology in this day and age, the magazine was bound to head over to the internet anyways.
The stupid thing is they've done something like this a few years ago and their site got killed. Now instead of easing the readers of (some whom I might add may not have access to the computer) will be left in the dust.
Brave move? Hardly.
Here's their official site: [A href="vny!://www.tvguide.com/"]vny!://www.tvguide.com/[/A]