The Kansas City Star, a McClatchy newspaper, will be cutting its standalone business section from Wednesday through Saturday, according to a Kansas City Business Journal.
Its Tuesday tabloid will remain. The paper had cut its standalone Sunday business section last year.
The story states, “The Star will combine its business section on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday into the new single section, according to the e-mail. The paper’s Tuesday business tabloid section will continue as a stand-alone section.
“The Star will combine its sports and classified sections every day except Sunday. FYI will continue to be a stand-alone section except on Thursday, when it will be combined with the Preview section, as it currently is, according to the e-mail.
“The Sacramento-based company — publisher of The Sacramento Bee and 29 other daily newspapers — has been aggressively cutting costs, with three rounds of buyouts and layoffs during the past year.”
Read more here. Other McClatchy newspapers to cut their standalone business sections this year include the Fresno Bee, Charlotte Observer and Myrtle Beach Sun News.
Meanwhile, Star business editor Chris Lester is leaving for a job at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He’s been trying to recruit a new business editor before his departure.
