We finally CANCELLED the Tennessean
January 6, 2009 by Truman Bean
Filed under Politics
The final straw finally came this past weekend, with the delivery of the Tennessean’s Sunday edition. Picking it up in the driveway, it seemed lighter and smaller.
That was indeed the case and this was the reason why….
Changes in sections
Beginning this week, we will conserve some newsprint by making these changes:• The daily Local and Business sections will be combined. We will not reduce the amount of coverage devoted to local news or local business issues. Some national business coverage will be trimmed and a few business columns will be placed on hiatus. We will continue to print separate Local and Business sections on Sundays.
• The Friday Weekend and Life sections will be combined into a single, full-size section that will focus on things to do and places to go for each weekend. It also will contain the staples of the Life section such as the Daily Crave, advice columns, crossword and other puzzles, the bridge column and comics.
• We will eliminate the television listings from the daily Life section but will continue to publish the Sunday TV book. More than 4,000 of you responded to my question about the TV listings, and we heard you loud and clear: The Sunday TV book stays the same.
• The Sunday Life and Travel sections will be combined. The new section will contain the best of each, from society news and wedding features to three-day travel escapes and the Hometown Tourist feature. Sunday Life will continue to reflect the people and ideas that make Middle Tennessee special.
• Most Wednesday editions of Davidson A.M. remain unchanged. The Friday edition becomes a community-wide section that will continue to highlight grass-roots news and features.
As I read this opine with my morning coffee, I thought at what point will they cut so much that it will no longer be worth paying for this recycling bin filler. Well, once I opened the Williamson A.M. Section, the question for me was no longer in doubt. The section contained little news and happenings, but was full of advertising in its’ entire 8 petite pages (give or take a page or two).
I read the paper only on Saturday and Sunday, going to their free website Monday thru Friday.
Kimberly, however, reads it everyday, so I passed along my views to her on the matter for her to make the call.
Kimberly chose and made the phone call to CANCEL OUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY.
She will read it on her new laptop, free of charge, without paying for the dismissive liberal bilge that the Tennessean insists on selling OR as time shows not so much anymore.
We have been subscribers to the Tennessean for most of our 21 married years, the cancellation has been a long time coming….not an impulsive or flippant act.
At least, it will reduce the trips to the recycling paper drop-off, there you have it, the Tennessean did make me a leaner greener.
James on Wed, 7th Jan 2009 10:36 pm
I also cancelled my subscription before Christmas when the weekend rates doubled. The customer service rep kept wanting to blame it on the editoral oppinions but I kept telling her that the liberal bias starts on the front page.
But I still received a letter asking about re-subscribing by the Eitoral chief.
Ken Marrero on Thu, 8th Jan 2009 7:50 am
I haven’t read The Tennessean much in years.
The final nail in the coffin arrived for me the day US Armed forces fighting against terrorism killed Zarqawi, as I recall, at the time a huge event!
The paper saw fit to print, above the fold on the front page, that Steve McNair was leaving the Titans.
In its own perverse way, that turned out to be a newsflash for me … not in the way the paper intended, I’m sure, but true nonetheless.
James’ point above is spot on. The paper has a liberal bias and it starts on the front page.