Raleigh readers upset with second cut of stock listings
Dan Barkin, the deputy managing editor of The News & Observer in Raleigh, noted on the Editor’s Blog that he spent a lof of time this past weekend talking to subscribers who were upset that the paper cut its Saturday stock listings. Barkin wrote, “I talked with a number of readers today who were unhappy […]
Wilmington paper overhauls Biz Monday
The Wilmington News Journal in Delaware has overhauled its Business Monday section with a number of new features, executive editor David Ledford noted. Ledford wrote, “We gave the section a little more heft and returned it to a traditional broadsheet style to accommodate the new ideas on investing, savvy traveling and workplace issues that many […]
Wall Street Journal examines foreign language web editions
Richard Wray of the Guardian newspaper in London writes Thursday that The Wall Street Journal is exploring offering its website in a variety of foreign languages in a bid to increase overseas readers. Wray, after an interview with WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz, wrote, “But Mr Crovitz said there would be no retrenchment. Instead the battle […]
Grumpy Editor: What happened to photo captions in BusinessWeek?
The Grumpy Editor blog wants to know why publications, particularly BusinessWeek, have decided that they don’t need to publish captions below their photos to help readers understand what’s been shown. Grumpy Editor wrote, “But BusinessWeek, in its Feb. 5 issue, sports a number of images without appropriate information, sort of like Aunt Abby’s thick picture […]
Vocal minority wants stock listings back
Maria Aspan in the New York Times writes that the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, after cutting their stock listings, brought back some of those statistics after a vocal minority complained. Aspan wrote, “‘We always had in mind that we would see what the reaction was,’ said Sandra Sugawara, The Post’s assistant managing […]
Two smaller papers cut stock listings
The Monterey Herald in California and the Fredericksburg paper in Virginia are both cutting their stock listings. The Monterey paper stated, “Because many of our readers turn to the Internet for stock information, The Herald is introducing a modified format of financial data on Saturdays. Starting today, you’ll find an abbreviated stocks offering in your […]
Sacramento editor explains cut stock listings
Rick Rodriguez, executive editor of the Sacramento Bee, asked the paper’s readers Saturday to let it know if it’s not publishing the stock listings they want in the wake of cutting those printed in the paper. The cuts begin on Tuesday. Rodrigue wrote, “But rest assured we also will remain flexible on what stocks we […]
Sacramento Bee to cut stock listings
The Sacramento Bee becomes the latest paper to cut its stock listings, according to a short item from business editor Cathie Anderson in Thursday’s paper. The change will take place next week. Anderson said, “In the newspaper, we will reduce our total listings. At the same time, online at www.sacbee.com/stocks, we will deliver more information […]
NY Daily News launches new personal finance section
New York Daily News business editor Scott Wenger e-mailed Wednesday night to let Talking Biz News know about the paper’s new personal finance section, “Your Money,” which debuted on Monday. The new section is designed to help readers choose investments that make sense, protect money from scams, run and grow a small business, find and finance real estate and understand the […]
Barron's redesign critiqued
Following the lead of its sister publication, The Wall Street Journal, weekly business paper Barron’s has also undergone a redesign, and Sheldon Liber, a CEO of a small private investment company, critiqued the changes on bloggingstocks.com. Liber wrote, “As one who liked it fine just as it was, I am on the look out for […]
