I adored Headlne News up until about a week or so ago. Now they have a special new format, Headline Prime or something, which means stupid talk shows. I hate it. It isn’t on all day, mind you, just in the prime-time hours, when I would use HN to escape TV shows I didn’t like. I am not a happy camper.

And they changed the ticker across the bottom of the screen. Now it’s slow, like the one on Fox News Channel, and it takes forever to read. I have to choose whether to read the ticker, one of my favorite things about news channels, or listen to the anchor. And it’s not cute and funny anymore.

I liked HN before the changes. It was Short Attention Span News for People Like Me. Now it’s the same as their regular CNN, or MSNBC, or TXCN or Fox New Channel. Great.

I actually used to decide what level cable subscription I chose based on whether Headline News was offered. Now 6PM to 1AM, the only time I have to watch the stupid channel, I can’t watch it. Idiots. What a horrible move. When you market your product, you should never pander, never make your product exactly like the other products available. In the short term you can cash in, but in the long term, who cares? They’re all the same.

Should we have a little wake for Headline News? If you hate it as much as I do, go complain.