Florida paper will make stock listings bigger
The Charlotte Sun-Herald newspaper is working to make the typeface of its stock listings bigger than the normal so that its elderly population can read them better. David Dunn-Rankin wrote, “We had a nice phone call from a reader who reminded us that the primary user of newspaper stock listings is also the most likely […]
Suburban Chicago paper to cut stock listings
The Daily Southtown, a suburban Chicago paper owned by the Sun-Times group, announced in its Sunday paper that it would cut its stock listings beginning later this month. Managing editor Dennis Robaugh wrote, “Later this month, the Southtown will submit to the march of technology and the changing nature of printed news by reducing the […]
Buffalo paper to add new AP stocks page
The Buffalo News will become one of the newspapers running the Associated Press’ new Money & Markets stock page starting later this week. The South Bend Tribune in Indiana is the only other paper to announce that it’s running the page. The new AP feature is supposed to help newspapers that are cutting its stock […]
St. Louis paper cuts stock listings
Andre Jackson, business editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, announced in Saturday’s paper that it would be cutting its stock listings and mutual fund listings beginning Tuesday. Jackson wrote, “We’ll continue to provide our current package of stock and mutual fund listings once each quarter in the Investors Guide. “We’re expanding our Internet offerings of […]
Louisiana paper cuts stock listings, revamps biz section
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser has cut its stock listings and reworked its business section to give it a section front, according to a Q&A in Monday’s paper. The Q&A stated, “Many readers check their daily stock prices online, so we have reduced our listings to focus on stocks of local interest. To find a stock […]
Sarasota paper runs outdated stock price info
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ran incorrect stock price information on Tuesday, according to reader representative Barbara Peters Smith. She wrote, “Because of an error during a weekend testing procedure, the stock listings in today’s Herald-Tribune were from Friday, not Monday. “Readers calling the Reader Advocate alerted the newsroom to the problem early, and the cause was […]
An old-fashioned view of stock listings, section-front ads
I spent a couple of hours today with Walter E. Hussman Jr., the publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, who was visiting Chapel Hill. Hussman spoke to some Economics Reporting students, and he made mention of what his paper’s plans were regarding its stock listings, which many newspapers have cut or eliminated this […]
Boston Herald puts all stock charts online
Starting this week, the Boston Herald’s Business Today section will no longer carry a stocks page. Instead, up-to-the-minute stock and mutual fund listings will be available online in the Business Today section at www.bostonherald.com. The online service offers a market summary, alphabetical listings of companies and mutual funds as well as other services. It allows […]
Indiana paper cuts mutual finds, adds AP's Money & Markets
The South Bend Tribune newspaper in Indiana stated in Sunday’s paper that it will cut its mutual fund listings, but it will also become one of the first newspapers in the country to offer a new product from the Associated Press called “Money and Markets.” Business editor Ed Semmler wrote, “Thanks to the Internet, cell […]
Sarasota paper to cut stock listings
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which is owned by the New York Times Co., is cutting its stock listings, according to a short story in Sunday’s newspaper, but expanding its mutual fund listings. The story stated, “Recognizing that most people do their investing through mutual funds, the Herald-Tribune’s listings will rise from 3,702 funds to 3,923. “Stock […]
