The last weekend of August saw the end for daily TV listings in the print editions of The New York Times. The feature debuted on May 18, 1939.
It may be surprising to some that that paper was still
printing the listings. For years, the paper had included the grid only in its
“We are firmly in
the streaming age,” said Gilbert Cruz, The Times’s Culture editor, “and the TV
grid no longer reflects the way people consume television.”
“It used to be you’d flip through the TV guide and say,
‘Oh my God, this movie is on basic cable this week!’” he said. “But now that
buzzy show is on Netflix whenever you want to watch it.”
Dropping the listing lets The Times print one version of
its Arts section for both city and national subscribers.
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