Arizona Daily Star overhauls business section, cuts stocks
Arizona Daily Star reader representative Debbie Kornmiller wrote in Sunday’s paper about the changes to the paper’s business section that includes cutting its stock listings. Kornmiller wrote, “Here’s what readers can expect: â—? The daily market report will be consolidated into one page Tuesdays through Fridays. It will include a summary of the previous day’s […]
Even in Saskatoon, they're cutting stock listings
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper is joining the multitudes of newspapers that have cut their stock listings. Murray Lyons writes in Saturday’s paper that the changes will take effect next Saturday. He wrote, “What is ‘radical’ about the change is that no longer will more than two-thirds of our business space be taken up by […]
Toronto Star cuts stock listings
The Toronto Star has cut its stock listings as part of an overall redesign of the paper, writes editor J. Fred Kuntz. Kuntz wrote, “We have also opened up more room for stories by revising our stock listings, reallocating some of that space to business news or other parts of the paper. “We know that […]
Indiana paper brings back daily mutual funds
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette said Tuesday that it would once again publish short list of mutual funds to the business section Tuesday through Friday after receiving reader complaints. A short item in the paper stated, “We dropped our mutual fund listings from the Tuesday through Friday newspapers in January and began using that space to […]
Arizona paper looking to change stock listings
Tim Steller, business editor of the Arizona Daily Star, writes that the Tucson-based paper will be cutting its stock and mutual fund listings in the coming weeks, but wants the advice of its readers on how to implement the plan. Steller wrote, “The new report will include much of the same information available in today’s […]
Tampa Tribune cuts standalone Sunday biz section
The Tampa Tribune will no longer publish a standalone Sunday Business and Money section, according to an editor’s note in Friday’s paper. The section will now be found in the back of the Commentary section. The note stated, “Readers will find the front of the Business and Money section by turning to the back of […]
The problem with cut stock listings
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, makes an excellent argument as to why newspapers should stop cutting the stock listings from their business sections. He wrote, “Readers’ cries to retain full daily stock tables, even in The Wall Street Journal, fall on deaf ears now. Editors claim more people track stocks on the Internet. […]
Chicago Tribune makes another cut to stock listings
The Chicago Tribune, which has cut its printed stock listings twice since the beginning of 2006, will be cutting them once again next week, according to a short note in Saturday’s paper. Jim Kirk, associate managing editor for business, wrote, “Effective May 12, the Chicago Tribune will change the way it reports its weekly stock […]
The business section: "Goofy"?
Mark Phillips, formerly editor-in-chief for Boston Metro and assistant city editor for The Repository in Canton, Ohio, now operates LP NewMedia LLC, a media consulting company. He has some interesting ideas about the future of the newspaper that he recently talked about on his blog. For example, Phillips wants to reorganize the newspaper and make the […]
Columbus paper moves business to back of sports
The Columbus Dispatch will move its business section during the week into the back of the sports section, joining three other papers that have made a similar move in recent months. The other papers that have cut their standalone business section are the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Akron Beacon-Journal. Dispatch editor Benjamin […]
