Changes made to Yakima business section
The Yakima Herald-Republic is making changes to its business section, including dropping its broader stock market listings for the Associated Press’ new “Money & Markets” page, wrote editor Sarah Jenkins in Sunday’s paper. Jenkins said, “Right next to the ‘Money & Markets’ page every day will be a page dedicated to everything from local to […]
California paper cuts stock listings
The Chico Enterprise Record in California has become the latest newspaper to cut its stock listings. It will no longer run stock listings during the week, and will run only a one-page summary on Saturday. A story in Tuesday’s paper noted, “At a time when advertising revenue is down, saving four pages in newsprint is […]
Vancouver paper to cut stock listings
The Columbian, the daily newspaper in Vancouver, Wash., is changing its stock listings later this month, according to Julia Anderson, the paper’s business editor. Anderson wrote, “Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 20, we’re adding a list of bond offerings and rates. We’re adding a rotating package of stock performance graphics profiling widely held companies. You also will […]
Stock listings going the way of Reuter's pigeons
Florida Times-Union reader advocate Wayne Ezell compares the paper’s decision to cut its stock listings in favor of sending readers to its web site for stock price information to changes that Paul Julius Reuter made in building his wire service in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ezell wrote, “The pigeons delivered the goods in two […]
Florida paper returns some stock information to paper
The Fort Myers News-Press, which last month cut its stock listings, is now bringing back some of that data after receiving complaints from about 500 readers, wrote Kate Marymont, the paper’s executive editor. Marymont said, “In today’s Business section you will find a more complete review of the week. “For Sunday editions we have added […]
Sacramento readers upset about cut stock listings
The Sacramento Bee published a number of letters on Sunday from readers upset that the paper cut its stock listings last week. One of the best begins, “I think your new business section sucks!” Here is the beginning of another: “It was with great dismay that I read today of the changes and deletions to […]
Myrtle Beach paper cuts stock listings
The Myrtle Beach Sun News becomes the latest paper to cut its stock listings, according to a short item in Saturday’s paper. The papers that have announced that they’re cutting the stock listings in the printed paper since the beginning of the year include the Florida Times-Union, Sacramento Bee, Monterey Herald, Fort Myers News-Press, Fredericksburg […]
Jacksonville paper cuts stock listings
The Florida Times-Union, the daily newspaper in Jacksonville, Fla., joins the long list of metro newspapers cutting its stock listings. The changes take effect next Tuesday. Assistant business editor Paul Mattson wrote, “The stocks and mutual funds listings report on weekdays will be redesigned to make room for a new investing report. You will receive […]
Raleigh readers upset with second cut of stock listings
Dan Barkin, the deputy managing editor of The News & Observer in Raleigh, noted on the Editor’s Blog that he spent a lof of time this past weekend talking to subscribers who were upset that the paper cut its Saturday stock listings. Barkin wrote, “I talked with a number of readers today who were unhappy […]
Vocal minority wants stock listings back
Maria Aspan in the New York Times writes that the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, after cutting their stock listings, brought back some of those statistics after a vocal minority complained. Aspan wrote, “‘We always had in mind that we would see what the reaction was,’ said Sandra Sugawara, The Post’s assistant managing […]
