WSJ reinstates regular dividend table
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, is happy that The Wall Street Journal has brought back the regular dividends table to its Money & Investing section. Morris writes, “The WSJ abandoned regular dividends in print months ago, spotlighting only changes, including reduced, increased, initial, irregular, special and foreign. Since then — while more […]
Little Rock publisher: I won't cut printed stock listings
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The publisher and owner of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette said Monday that the paper has no plans to cut its printed stock listings, despite the fact that virtually every metro newspaper in the country has done so and put stock listings online. “Maybe some day,” said Walter E. Hussman Jr., speaking to […]
Sunday snippets
The Pottstown Mercury newspaper in Pennsylvania is cutting back on its stock listings during the week. Editor Nancy March writes, “We are scaling our stocks listings to an abbreviated format with graphics reporting to allow more columns of local Business news.” The Oshkosh Northwestern is folding its business section into its sports section. Managing editor […]
MSNBC.com launches new stocks page
Martin Wolk, the executive business editor of MSNBC.com, writes Monday about the Web sites new stock page. Wolk writes, “To be quite honest, this change is long overdue. Msnbc.com users depend on us for the latest business news and deserve an easy way to track and research companies and investment ideas. With this new feature […]
AP redesigns markets site
The Associated Press has redesigned its Markets Web site. The Web site has been enhanced to include better navigation and design. Money & Markets, customizable for both print and online use, provides insight into the financial markets with a broad mix of text, graphics and data modules. “Users have told us the new site looks […]
Providence Journal cuts standalone business section
The Providence Journal has cut the pages it’s devoting to business news, according to a column from executive editor Thomas Heslin. The economic and financial news will appear in a new section called projoNation. On Sunday, a new section will debut called projoConsumer. Heslin writes, “The Sunday Journal will carry a new section to help […]
Canada paper cuts stock listings
Paul Berton, the editor of the London Free Press in Ontario, writes Saturday about the decision to cut the paper’s printed stock listings. Berton writes, “We will still carry a daily package of indicators, including market highlights, market trends, mercantile, grain quotations, farm summary, and foreign exchange in the newspaper, but if you want to […]
Ohio paper cuts stock listings
The Tribune Chronicle in Warren, Ohio is cutting its printed stock listings from Tuesday through Saturday. A story in the paper Sunday stated, “Tuesday, the newspaper will unveil a new look to its daily financial pages. For years, the newspaper has provided a comprehensive daily listing of stocks and mutual funds, which allowed readers to […]
Quick hits from Sunday
— The Evansville Courier Press in Indiana is cutting its stock listings in favor of the Money & Markets page from the Associated Press. — The Tampa Tribune in Florida is cutting some of its printed stock listings to accommodate the narrower paper that it will begin printing on. — The Sacramento Bee has added […]
Printed earnings table disappears from WSJ
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, notes that the printed earnings table that has appeared in The Wall Street Journal is now gone. Morris writes, “For whatever reason, probably to save space, WSJ.com subscribers will only be able to access earnings by going to “company research” on the site. “Going to that site is […]
