OLD Media Moves

Tennessee paper brings back Saturday stock listings

November 30, 2008

The Knoxville News Sentinel, which earlier this month cut all of its printed stock listings, is now bringing back its Saturday stock and mutual fund listings in the paper.

It will also expand its short daily list of stocks to include some widely held and heavily traded stocks.

Jack McElroy, the paper’s editor, writes Sunday that the changes were the result of reader complaints.

He writes, “The reaction from readers has been vociferous, which points to another great thing about our business: People are passionate about what we produce.

“‘You are messing with the paper until it has become not a favorite pastime of mine anymore!’ complained one subscriber.

“We don’t want that to happen, so in the next week or so, we’ll make adjustments so that the News Sentinel remains a favorite pastime.”

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