Editing TV Guide (section)

===OpenGate Capital era===
On October 13, 2008, Macrovision sold the money-losing magazine (which was reportedly posting revenue losses of $20 million per year by that point) to [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]-based equity fund [[OpenGate Capital]] for $1, and a $9.5 million loan at 3% interest.<ref name="OpenGate">{{cite web|title=TV Guide Sold for a Buck|url=http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=131756|author=Nat Ives|website=[[Advertising Age]]|date=October 15, 2008|access-date=July 17, 2010}}</ref> As part of the sale, however, Macrovision retained ownership of the companion website<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Guide, Once Master of the Airwaves, Tries to Survive in a Competitive Category|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/business/media/08guide.html?_r=1&ref=television|author=Stephanie Clifford|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=March 28, 2014|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017034945/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/business/media/08guide.html?_r=1&ref=television|url-status=live}}</ref> – which was then sold to equity firm [[One Equity Partners]] for $300 million –<ref>{{cite news|title=Macrovision Is Selling TV Guide Network Listings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/media/19guide.html|author=[[Brian Stelter]]|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 18, 2008|access-date=November 13, 2015|archive-date=October 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028065035/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/business/media/19guide.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Macrovision, Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners Announce Agreement for Sale of TV Guide Network|url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081218005522&newsLang=en|publisher=Macrovision|via=[[BusinessWire]]|date=December 12, 2008|access-date=July 17, 2010|archive-date=January 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101032949/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081218005522&newsLang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> which severed all editorial connections between the magazine and website, including the end of critic Matt Roush's presence on TVGuide.com.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where in the World Is Matt (Roush)?|url=https://www.tvguide.com/Roush/Where-Matt-Roush-1000790.aspx|website=TV Guide|publisher=One Equity Partners|date=December 12, 2008|access-date=April 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203105814/http://www.tvguide.com/roush/where-matt-roush-1000790.aspx|archive-date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> The editorial content of the magazine was launched on a new site, TVGuideMagazine.com, which did not feature ''TV Guide''{{'}}s listings in any form. TVGuideMagazine.com was later shut down on June 1, 2010; ''TV Guide Magazine'' and TVGuide.com then entered into a deal to restore content from the magazine to the latter website,<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Guide Teams with Its Former Website and Network|url=http://adage.com/article/media/tv-guide-magazine-teams-website-network/144025/|author=Nat Ives|periodical=Advertising Age|publisher=Crain Communications|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=July 17, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107215838/http://adage.com/article/media/tv-guide-magazine-teams-website-network/144025/|url-status=live}}</ref> which [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate Entertainment]] had bought along with the TV Guide Network in January 2009.<ref name="LionsgateTVGuide">{{cite web|title=Lions Gate Swallows TV Guide|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2009/tc2009015_442530.htm|author=Ron Grover|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=January 6, 2009|access-date=July 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115154140/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2009/tc2009015_442530.htm|archive-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref>