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By: James

James — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:57:19 +0000

Julia,
How about doing some of that good journalism that one sees in the Wall Street Journal. Good move sending Ms. Tucker to Washington, she should feel more at home.

By: Pam Frey

Pam Frey — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:08:04 +0000

I could not believe how short the Food section was today. What happened to the beer and wine reviews? I have taken a daily newspaper my entire life. The reasons for taking a local paper are to keep up with local politics, find good restaurants, the Vent, comics, the obituaries, and the comics. Why did newspapers ever allow online access for free? If you have a good paper people will read it. My 20 year olds read it every day so it is not just for old people.

By: PERCY

PERCY — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:43:37 +0000

We paid for our subscription thats why we shared our opinion. Your clearly in the minority, but if you like the new kiddie format, good for you.

BTW, no one wants the paper to go away, we just want one that can be read without a magnifying glass.

By: L.H. Hiers

L.H. Hiers — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:46:58 +0000

I think everyone needs to give the folks at the AJC a break. It is NOT easy publishing a newspaper and I for one would rather see some changes and not see our paper go away. A little patience would be nice.

By: Tag

Tag — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:47:48 +0000

Unlike many other posters, I welcomed the change. I even looked forward to it. I really like the smaller paper size and I find the new format great for scanning for articles. This format does a good job separating articles.

I do have a few complaints. The close spacing of the text makes it hard for my eyes to keep on the right line. I have to constantly refocus to stay on track. This makes my eyes tired. Also, the light color backgrounds make the text appear very faded (not enough contrast). Finally, the tables of data (sports scores, stock prices, etc) are literally impossible to read without magnification (and I have 20/15 vision).

Just for the record, I agree with the multitude of posters that the content of the paper is way off balance, but that isn’t related to the new format so I won’t go into that.

I do understand the amount of effort it took to plan this change and how hard it to separate the useful feedback from the whining. I appreciate and applaud the efforts of the AJC staff to continuously improve the paper.

By: PERCY

PERCY — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:40:42 +0000

Hey Tom I am with you. Its the older crowd that has been the most loyal 7 day subscribers. As our group decides not to renew and cancel subscriptions one wonders where the AJC expects revenue from. Advertisers are all but gone.

Its amazing too see the editor has her head in the sand and babbles about change, This is not change its suicide, I cannot read this mess!

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:15:38 +0000

This so called new design is without doubt the most horrible and worthless piece of crap I have ever seen. What effing idiot made this stupid decision. I’ve lived in numerous cities throught the world and this is the worst looking newspaper with the most worthless content I’ve ever seen.
You dumbos have no clue what the people want and you surely don’t care. It’s all about the bottom line, isn’t it. You might as well get ready to close your doors for good, because it’s coming soon. The AJC will be history very shortly.
Well I really don’t care anymore because my subscription expires next week and I will NEVER subscrible to this liberal piece of trash again. I know there will be thousands just like me who will also cancel this joke you call a newspaper.

By: Curious

Curious — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:03:09 +0000

I wonder how many of these “Marietta Daily Journal” , “Gwinnett Daily Post” and Cherokee references are actually made by employees of those aforementioned companies.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:51:10 +0000

I am a native of this area and have been reading the Journal for a very long time. I also have been retired for over 20 years and have had my AJC to read with breakfast although lately I have had to keep my magnifing glass handy but now it is required. The new format and print may be easier for someone younger but not for us older readers. I guess I will have to depend more on TV news since the NEW AJC will not be able to keep me up to date. I wonder where you got the people that participated in your survey but it must not have included those of us who are 7 day subscribers and in my age bracket.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:39:05 +0000

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