Biz editors adjust to market closures due to Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc along the Atlantic coast, forcing markets in New York to close on Monday and Tuesday, business editors around the country are adjusting their coverage and sections. The market closure means that daily newspapers that typically run stock agate on a daily basis now have to find other content to fill […]
Orange County Register bringing back daily business section
The Orange County Register, acquired earlier this year by new owners with a more traditional approach to newspapers, plans to launch a standalone business section by late September at the latest, according to a source at the paper’s business news desk. The new business section is part of the paper’s plans to beef up its […]
New York paper cutting Sunday biz section
The Middletown Times Herald-Record in New York is dropping its Sunday business section and replacing it with other sections, and is also bringing back printed stock listings. A story on its website states, “On that day, the newspaper will introduce two new sections. ‘Business Matters’ will provide vital guidance for business owners and managers from […]
FinancialContent aims to help biz news providers
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE FinancialContent, a California-based company that provides widgets for business media companies, has rolled out two new offerings that provide economic data. The widgets, which can be downloaded onto a business media operation’s website, provide data for commodity prices such as oil and gold, the unemployment rate, and the average amount a […]
Tampa Tribune cuts printed stock listings
The Tampa Tribune is cutting the amount of stock listings that it prints every day in its business section. A story on its website states, “It’s a move that enables us to focus our resources on the thing we can do best: local news. “The decision reflects the changing habits of a growing number of […]
California paper drops printed stock listings
Joe Livernois, the executive editor of the Monterey County Herald in California, writes about why the paper has decided to cut its printed stock listings from the business section. Livernois writes, “For the past two years or so, The Herald remained one of the last newspapers our size to publish a full daily listing of […]
Denver Post cuts stock listings during the week
The Denver Post announced Wednesday that it would discontinue printing stock and mutual fund listings during the week. A brief item on its website states, “Starting today, the Business section will no longer carry stock and mutual-fund tables Tuesday through Saturday. We’re eliminating the tables to lower our newsprint costs. “Readers will still be able […]
Charlotte Observer cuts stock listings
The Charlotte Observer, which earlier this week named a new business editor, has moved its business news section and cut its printed stock listings. An announcement in the paper states, “Beginning today, Business news will be anchored here on Page 2B Tuesdays through Fridays. Our Saturday Business pages and Sunday MoneyWise section will remain unchanged. […]
Tacoma paper cuts Sunday stocks
The Tacoma News-Tribune has cut its Sunday stock listings as part of an overall redesign of the newspaper. Executive editor Karen Peterson writes, “Newspapers across the country have done away with stocks listings as people have gone to the Internet for that information (including our own website). Few readers have complained. We will continue the […]
Richmond paper brings back standalone business section
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, a Media General paper, is added to its business coverage, returning its standalone business section for the first time since it was cut in 2006. A brief in the paper states, “The new section can be found after the Sports section on most days. “With a section front Tuesday through Saturday, we’re […]
