The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Reception==== The new format was generally well received by ''Guardian'' readers, who were encouraged to provide feedback on the changes. The only controversy was over the dropping of the ''[[Doonesbury]]'' cartoon strip. The paper reported thousands of calls and emails complaining about its loss; within 24 hours the decision was reversed and the strip was reinstated the following week. ''G2'' supplement editor Ian Katz, who was responsible for dropping it, apologised in the editors' blog saying, "I'm sorry, once again, that I made you—and the hundreds of fellow fans who have called our helpline or mailed our comments' address—so cross."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/socialaudit/story/0%2C%2C1600349%2C00.html |title=''Guardian Reborn'', The Guardian |access-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212135000/http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/socialaudit/story/0%2C%2C1600349%2C00.html |archive-date=12 February 2007}}. Retrieved on 22 July 2007.</ref> However, some readers were dissatisfied as the earlier deadline needed for the all-colour sports section meant coverage of late-finishing evening football matches became less satisfactory in the editions supplied to some parts of the country. The investment was rewarded with a circulation rise. In December 2005, the average daily sale stood at 380,693, nearly 6 per cent higher than the figure for December 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/13/abcs.pressandpublishing|title=Telegraph sales hit all-time low|work=MediaGuardian|date=13 January 2006|last1=Cozens|first1=Claire|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121942/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/13/abcs.pressandpublishing|url-status=live}}</ref> However, by December 2012, circulation had dropped to 204,222.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/11/guardian-telegraph-financial-times-december-abcs|title=Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December|date=11 January 2013|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122034/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/11/guardian-telegraph-financial-times-december-abcs|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, the US-based [[Society for News Design]] chose ''The Guardian'' and Polish daily ''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'' as the world's best-designed newspapers—from among 389 entries from 44 countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/21/theguardian.pressandpublishing |title=Guardian wins design award |date=21 February 2006 |work=MediaGuardian |location=London |last=Busfield |first=Steve |publisher=Guardian News and Media |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121613/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/21/theguardian.pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page