Washington Post cuts stock, mutual fund listings
The Washington Post announced in Tuesday’s paper that it was cutting its stock and mutual fund listings. It becomes the last of the major papers in this country to make such a move. The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and others had all cut their stock listings earlier this year. The Post […]
Baton Rouge paper cuts stock listings, adds standalone section
The Baton Rouge Advocate announced in Saturday’s paper that it will start running a standalone business section every day during the week, but will also be cutting its stock and mutual fund listings. Bob Lamb wrote, “The Business section will be, as it is now, a minimum of six pages, redesigned to include sharper color […]
FT cuts offshore mutual fund listings, and this investor is peeved
The Financial Times has apparently cut the listings of offshore mutual funds in its North American edition, and Eric Roseman, editor of the Global Mutual Fund Investor, a monthly newsletter that tracks such investments, isn’t happy about the change. Roseman wrote, “So what happened to that broad survey of 4,000 offshore funds in the Financial […]
Minneapolis paper brings back stock listings for Saturday
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, which cut its stock listings earlier this year, announced in Saturday’s newspaper that it was bringing back some of its stock prices and mutual fund listings for the Saturday paper. Duchesne Drew, assistant managing editor of business, wrote, “The Star Tribune’s Saturday Business section has resumed publishing expanded stock and mutual […]
Atlanta paper will cut stock listings further
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will cut its stock listings for the second time in a year, according to an item in public editor Angela Tuck’s column. Tuck wrote, “Beginning Nov. 4, the weekly stock listings inside the Saturday Business section will be reduced by one page. According to business editor Mark Braykovich, more readers now rely […]
Assistant biz editor: We cut stock listings; get over it
Jack Naudi, the assistant business editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, had a comment in his Saturday column to all of the readers who were upset that the paper cut its stock listings earlier this month. Naudi wrote, “I’m an assistant business editor here, so this is going to sound incredibly self-serving. A couple of […]
Daily Herald revamps online biz section
The Chicago Daily Herald has redesigned its online business section to make it more friendly for investors, according to a story by Anna Marie Kukec. Kukec wrote, “New to the site is a ticker-like scroll that runs left to right along the top. Click on the index name and a hotlink directs you immediately to […]
Oregonian readers split on cutting stock listings
Ben Santarris, business editor of the Oregonian in Portland, noted that a recent survey of nearly 700 readers showed that people are divided on whether the paper should cut its stock listings. The paper is one of the first to roll out the new AP “Money & Markets” feature for its stock information. Santarris wrote, […]
Noblet explains AP's new Money & Markets offering
Kevin Noblet, the business editor at the Associated Press, has been part of a team at the wire service examining how it can put together a new page for business sections as a replacement for the stock listings that many papers are cutting. Called Money & Markets, the new AP product is now rolling out […]
Yakima paper reviews stock listings
The Yakima Herald-Republic wants to hear from its readers about some proposed changes to its stock listings, and it is also going to add the new AP “Money & Markets” package to its business section. Editor Sarah Jenkins wrote, “We’re asking for your input — both in the forms of what information you use now […]
