Denver Post editor: Column inches for business news won't decline
Greg Moore, the editor of the Denver Post, told the Denver Business Journal Monday that the paper’s decision to move the business section inside other sections during the week doesn’t mean that the column inches to business news will decline. Mark Harden wrote, “Moore said advertising support for the section had shrunk ‘to the point we […]
The Industry Standard is back
The Industry Standard, the tech business magazine that flamed out after the tech bubble burst, is now back with an online version. Derek Butcher, writing on the beta of the new web site, states, “The ‘Net economy is alive and well, having survived the boom and subsequent bust. Still, there are obvious echoes of a […]
Sacramento readers complain about real estate coverage
Armando Acuña, the public editor of the Sacramento Bee, writes about how newspaper readers have complained about its coverage of the real estate market. Acuña wrote, “In a similar vein, reader Bob Fairbanks of Sacramento criticized the paper for sensationalizing news about home foreclosures. “He was reacting to a recent front-page story about foreclosures and […]
CNNMoney.com reports record traffic
CNNMoney.com reported record traffic in January, according to data from Omniture. The Web site launched a broadband video initiative during the month. Monthly unique visitors totaled 27.7 million, up 15 percent from the previous high. Monthly page views totaled 422 million, again up 15% versus the previous high month. Meanwhile video streams totaled more than 8 million, more than 5 […]
TheStreet.com unveils redesign
Barry Ritholtz writes about the redesign of TheStreet.com unveiled this weekend. Ritholtz wrote, “It looks to be a modest improvement over the sprawling mess of the old site. It will take me a few days to figure out if it is very much of an improvement. “Both TheStreet.com‘s original content and Seeking Alpha‘s aggregation have […]
Greenberg puts pressure on retail CEOs
Jack Flack of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Sunday how Marketwatch columnist Herb Greenberg has put pressure on the CEOs of Office Depot and Circuit City, whom he named as candidates to be the worst CEO of the year, along with the recently fired CEO of Sears. Flack wrote, “But Greenberg’s column, if institutionalized as an […]
Murdoch's gamble could backfire
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s plan to make The Wall Street Journal more mainstream to compete against The New York Times could backfire. Flamm wrote, “Major news stories dominate the front page. The long, offbeat or investigative stories–formerly a page-one centerpiece–have grown scarce. Last week, Journal […]
Georgia paper wants reader input on business section
The Athens Banner-Herald has made changes to its business section, now called On the Money, and wants reader input about some other changes it’s considering. Associate editor Don Nelson wrote, “We’d like your input, however, on what might help make the business coverage better. For example, we have discussed the possibility of adding a feature […]
Changes at Star Tribune biz section
Eric Wieffering, the business editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, writes about changes to the newspaper’s business section, including a return of local stocks to the Sunday business section. The other changes include “Heard on the Prairie,” a staff-written column that covers issues of Minnesota-based companies, and Juice, a page that will appear in the […]
Denver Post plans to cut standalone biz section
The Denver Post will cut its standalone business section during the week, putting it into news sections on Monday through Friday, sources confirmed to Talking Biz News. The change is expected to begin sometime next week. Other papers that have cut their standalone business section are the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus (Ohio)Dispatch, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal, Winston-Salem […]
