WSJ launches new weekend section Exchange

Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker wrote about the paper’s new weekend section. Baker writes, “We know the weekend is an opportunity to deepen our bond with readers, who experience The Wall Street Journal in a different way: deeper, more wide-ranging, more for pleasure than obligation. Since 2010, we’ve met that need with our popular […]

WSJ’s new weekend section, Exchange, launches next month

Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that on Saturday, June 2, we will launch Exchange, The Journal’s revamped weekend business and finance section. The section will offer a lively and robust report on the week’s business news, featuring the behind-the-scenes narratives, colorful […]

Cheddar updates its website

Business news channel Cheddar has updated its website, giving itself a more newsy feel. “We wanted a modern design with the easy ability to access both live feeds,” said CEO Jon Steinberg in an email to Talking Biz News. “It’s a new CMS designed from the ground up for rapid clipping.  Also an alogorithmic trending section.” The […]

Fortune.com unveils first redesign in four years

Andrew Nusca, the digital editor at Fortune.com, writes about the redesign — its first in four years — that was rolled out on Tuesday. Nusca writes, “In truth, our intrepid team of product managers, designers, and engineers have been rebuilding this website all along—you just may not have noticed. Over the years we’ve reworked many […]

Micklethwait explains changes to Bloomberg’s website

Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait posted on Wednesday about the redesign of Bloomberg.com and its new paywall. Micklethwait writes, “We’re launching a subscription business for Bloomberg Digital, with a redesigned website, a twice-daily regional newsletter and a host of other new features. And it deserves a brief explanation. “We have given Bloomberg.com a cleaner look and simplified our […]

NY Times biz editor Pollock talks upcoming changes

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock found herself on her cell phone at 11 p.m. Tuesday night in the corner of a restaurant handling several stories for the next day’s paper. That typifies why she’s interested in changing the name of the paper’s daily business section, which is currently called Business Day and has been […]

NY Times is renaming its business section

The New York Times plans to rename its business section and make its Sunday section more like a magazine, reports Jeanine Poggi of Ad Age. Poggi reports, “Later this year it will rename its business section to better reflect how technology has changed the world and work life. “”Business Day’ was introduced in 1978 and it reflects […]

Raleigh paper drops Sunday Work & Money section

The (Raleigh) News & Observer has cut its standalone Sunday Work & Money section, partly due to rising newsprint costs. Executive editor Robyn Tomlin explained in an email to Talking Biz News: These increased costs added to continued challenges in print advertising have forced us to continue to look for ways to reduce the cost of producing […]

How Entrepreneur magazine changed its cover

Jason Feifer, the editor of Entrepreneur magazine, writes about how the magazine went through the process of changing its cover. Feifer writes, “Why am I, the editor in chief, writing the cover lines? ”Cover lines’ is magazine parlance for the headlines you see on a magazine cover. Every magazine where I’ve worked developed cover lines differently. […]

Why Institutional Investor has ended its print edition

Kip McDaniel of Institutional Investor writes about why the 51-year-old magazine is becoming online only. McDaniel writes, “For example, to those seeing this on InstitutionalInvestor.com, I know how long you’ve been on the page, on average, and which paragraph most of you get stuck on. I know exactly how many scrolled beyond the first three paragraphs. […]