The Toronto Star has redesigned their Saturday Star. The Saturday Star is the biggie and has always had the most sections, but is it too big?
I counted 14 sections in yesterday's Star. The first thing I do is sort the paper into two piles. One pile I'll actually look at, the other pile I won't even open. The piles are usual of equal size. Here are the 14 sections from yesterday's Star and what I did with each of them.
- The First Section - I actually read this section. It's the news, and if you don't read the news in your newspaper you're really just reading a paper.
- World and Comment - I go through this section and read the articles that capture my fancy.
- Entertainment - I read this section. I find it entertaining.
- Classified - I don't read this section at all.
- New in Homes - I used to check out this section but I haven't opened it in a while. I'm sure I'm missing out on many wonderful home maintenance and decoration tips.
- Ideas - I enjoy this section.
- Weekend Living - This is sort of the old Life section and I'll breeze through it and read the interesting stuff.
- Sports - I have always loved this section.
- Puzzles and Comics - I just read the For Better or For Worse on the front page and that's that.
- Condos - I don't read this section at all.
- Travel - I don't read this section at all.
- Wheels - I don't read this section at all.
- Wheels 2 - I don't read this section at all.
- Business and Careers - I don't read this section unless there's a really interesting business article screaming at me on the front page.
It takes a while to wade through it all and I usually don't wrap it up until some time on Sunday. Luckily, the Sunday Star is far lighter fare.
