Decision to cut Denver Post TV listings a disappointing mistake

Sept. 17 Life&Culture Editor’s Note.

I’m disappointed in your decision to eliminate the daily evening TV listings. While I understand the inability to include all channels, it was a quick look and frequently more accurate than the weekly magazine printed weeks in advance.

You stopped the free weekly TV magazine, reduced the number of comics (awaiting the revamped Sunday comic layout) and eliminated numerous columnists. The number of advertisements increased, which I understand helps pay the bills, however the cost of the paper increases exponentially. What’s next, elimination of weather, fewer sports scores, less news?

Since everyone received a freebie TV Weekly today, will subscribers receive an extra week on their subscriptions?

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The Post is slowly becoming The Weekly Reader for adults. You are taking away so much content, there is very little left. You took away Marni Jamieson, now the TV guide. Your cost goes up and up for less and less. Readership is not growing and it seems like you don’t care about that.

It is disappointing that this is the only game in town as it is not worthy of the city of Denver.

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In my opinion, The Denver Post should not be listed as one of the finest printed newspapers.

Your financial section no longer lists stock quotes. At the very least the paper should recap the weekly trades of both exchanges. Now you have made the paper less informative by discontinuing the limited TV listings printed daily. A subscriber must now pay to get a printed listing of the TV schedule.