Handling stock listings changes
The New York Times business editor, Larry Ingrassia, told Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times that he had received 200 calls on the first day from readers upset about the cut stock listings in the paper. Deggans writes, “When the Chicago Tribune cut its 3 ½ pages of stock tables to one summary page […]
Biz editor inundated with calls after cut listings
P.J. Harston, the business editor of the London Free Press, writes in Thursday’s paper that he was inundated with phone calls after the Canada paper cut its mutual fund listings. Harston wrote that he received 175 phone calls in the past 36 hours and that he is still responding to all of the callers. Harston […]
Suburban Chicago paper cuts stock listings
The Daily Herald, the third-largest newspaper in Illinois behind the Tribune and the Sun-Tims, is following the lead of their bigger competitors and cutting its stock listings. The suburban Chicago paper, in a note to readers in Tuesday’s newspaper, stated, “Weekly stock listings will appear Saturdays with the Chicago area’s best analytical tools. On Sundays, […]
Canada paper eliminates mutual funds for news space
The London Free Press, a newspaper in Canada, announced Tuesday that it was eliminating its mutual fund listings Monday through Friday and will use that space to provide more news. Business editor P.J. Harston writes, “Given the choice, I would rather use finite newspaper space for information that is local, of local interest and highly […]
Mobile paper cutting stock listings to once a week
The Mobile Press-Register is cutting its stock listings to once a week, according to editor Mike Marshall in a column in Sunday’s newspaper. The Saturday paper will have a weekly review of stock performance. Marshall writes, “With more and more readers getting stock market information from real-time sources, the Press-Register is scaling back its stock […]
Sioux Falls newspaper cuts stock listings beginning next week
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, a Gannett newspaper, becomes the next newspaper to announce that it is cutting its stock listings. The South Dakota newspaper, which has a daily circulation of about 50,000, will make the cuts on April 4, which is next Tuesday. It joins smaller newspapers in Asbury Park, N.J.; El Paso, Texas; […]
Beaver County Times explains stock listings return
On March 14, the Beaver County Times newspaper in Pennsylvania dropped its stock listings from Tuesday through Friday to Sunday only. The small daily was simply following a trend that many other newspapers have taken in past months to lower their newsprint costs and take advantage of the fact that many people now get their […]
AP's Skillman leaves for Bloomberg
The Associated Press’ Brad Skillman, who oversees the agate operations for the wire service, is leaving to become an editor for Bloomberg News. Skillman was named director of AP’s Markets Information Group, which disseminates stock tables and other financial data to a variety of media, in 2003. Skillman, 38, is a native of Brookline, Mass., […]
Sarasota cuts stock listings, adds Money page
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune announced in its Sunday paper that it is added a Money page to the business section during the week where national columnists will run. To make room, it’s cutting some of the information it has previously offered with its stock listings. The paper states, “The listings in Saturday and Sunday editions will […]
Augusta Chronicle cuts Saturday stock listings
The Augusta Chronicle, a daily newspaper in Georgia, has cut its Saturday stock listings. Executive Editor Dennis Sodomka writes, “Again, this was a business decision. We think only a small percentage of our readers use these listings, and there are other readily available sources for stock quotes, such as The Chronicle’s Web site, augustachronicle.com. “To […]
