OLD Media Moves

Printed earnings table disappears from WSJ

April 1, 2009

Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, notes that the printed earnings table that has appeared in The Wall Street Journal is now gone.

Morris writes, “For whatever reason, probably to save space, WSJ.com subscribers will only be able to access earnings by going to “company research” on the site.

“Going to that site is not as handy or convenient as quickly scanning the list —often at the breakfast table — that, yesterday (with its final appearance), contained 49 earnings reports.

“Some readers will grumble that unless they know the exact date of earnings releases of companies in their portfolios, it means time-consuming daily clicking on the WSJ’s Web site for the figures.

“Earnings tables on the Web cover only the prior five business days.”

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