The puns were the best part, but I can understand why they'd want to get rid of them.
I don't get why they want to remove them, they're essentially part of the fabric of the news sub section and to remove them removes an integral part that actually makes it light hearted and funny.
Also I'm looking at the line up for Download, and man it is so much more shit than I remembered it being. Honestly not sure if I can be fucked getting a ticket to see a grand total of maybe 5 or 6 bands over the whole weekend that are gonna have a total of 4 hours or so playing time.