TC Media has confirmed it has closed the original content reporting side of TV Guide Canada.

The publication, which went online-only in 2006, will still have TV guide listings available online as well as on Bell’s television service, according to a spokesperson. Requests for comment on why the publication is closing its editorial side were not returned.

The announcement elicited shocked reactions from the Canadian TV community on Twitter, many of which expressed sadness that an outlet for Canadian TV coverage had been lost.

“So disappointed @TVGuideCanada is shutting down. @amber_dowling and team have done excellent work on #CdnTV,” tweeted the Writers Guild of Canada (@WGCtweet).

“The loss of TV Guide Canada is devastating to#Cdntv. It wrote about Cdn talent & shows on equal footing. Terrible,” tweeted writer Denis McGrath (@heywriterboy), whose credits include Continuum, Bitten and Less Than Kind.

TV Guide Canada launched in 1953 as a Canadian version of the U.S. publication, and became an independent entity in 1977, according to the Canadian Magazines blog. The magazine was purchased by TC Media from Telemedia in 2000, and the print version of the title ceased to exist in 2006. The online version became part of Bell Media’s The Loop in 2012.

– From Media in Canada