Florida paper to cut standalone business section
The Bradenton Herald, a McClatchy newspaper, will cut its standalone business section beginning next week. The Herald joins other McClatcy papers such as the Fresno Bee, the Myrtle Beach Sun News and The (Raleigh) News & Observer in making such a move. Executive editor Joan Krauter writes, “Starting Tuesday, the daily Business section will be […]
Charlotte Observer cuts standalone business section to three days
The Charlotte Observer has become the latest daily metro to cut its standalone business section, but only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It will remain a standalone section on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Other McClatchy papers that have made the cut include The (Raleigh) News & Observer, the Myrtle Beach Sun News and the Fresno […]
Cape Cod paper cuts stock listings
The Cape Cod Times will be cutting its printed stock listings, according to a story Saturday by Sarah Shemkus. Shemkus wrote, “The daily business page will continue to include the same number of stock and mutual fund listings, but other financial market content will be eliminated. The Sunday business section, which currently includes more than […]
Sarasota paper puts stocks on Web
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has moved its stock and mutual fund listings to its Web site, writes executive editor Mike Connelly. Connelly writes, “We held off as long as we could, but the recession has forced the Herald-Tribune to join many other U.S. newspapers in cutting stock listings. “At the same time, we have expanded www.heraldtribune.com/stocks, […]
Michigan editor reacts to readers on cut stock listings
John Foren, the editor of the Flint Journal in Michigan, writes in response to readers who called in about the paper’s decision to cut its printed stock listings. Foren writes, “We’ve been talking for years about reducing our stock pages, influenced by the legions who check online accounts for how their stocks and mutual funds […]
Michigan paper cuts standalone business section
The Ann Arbor News in Michigan says it will no longer produce a daily business section. A brief in Sunday’s paper states, “Starting today, local business coverage, led by reporters Stefanie Murray and Tina Reed, will more often land on pages A1 and A3. Items such as the daily local stocks listing and business briefs […]
Making the decision to cut stock listings, with reader help
Dennis Fulton, the business editor at the Dallas Morning News, writes Friday about the paper’s decision to cut its printed stock listings, which at the beginning of the year, with the help of reader suggestions on what to keep. Fulton writes, “In case you missed it, on Jan. 3, we discontinued most weekday national stock […]
Des Moines paper cuts standalone business section
The Des Moines Register has become the latest Gannett newspaper to cut its standalone business section. In a letter to readers published Friday, publisher Laura Hollingsworth wrote that the Metro & Iowa section and the Business section would be combined into one section, starting Monday. The paper will also no longer publish Saturday stock listings, […]
The first day without stocks and a standalone section
Tim Steller, the business editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, writes Wednesday about the paper’s first day without printed stock listings and with business news tucked into the A section instead of having its own section. Steller writes, “We do have a list of about 50 stocks that are of heightened local interest […]
California paper moves biz news
The Palm Springs Desert Sun is moving its business coverage to different parts of the paper, writes publisher Richard Ramhoff in Wednesday’s paper. Ramhoff writes, “Our national business coverage, including the stock and mutual fund report, will move to our A section on weekdays, where it will be featured with our other national news coverage. […]
