Seattle Times cuts stock listings
Editor at large Mike Fancher wrote in his Sunday column that the Seattle Times would cut its stock listings beginning this week. Fancher wrote, “The Times will eliminate stock and mutual fund A-to-Z lists Tuesday through Friday. Instead, on those days, the Business Section will carry a Money & Markets page, with Northwest stock prices and […]
Fine: WSJ redesign shows biz journalism will lead the way
BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine writes about the Wall Street Journal’s redesign and notes that the paper has always been at the forefront of trying new and different things and using the Internet to break news. That’s why, he believes, that business news will be at the fore of changes in the media. Fine wrote, […]
Steiger will leave WSJ at end of 2007
Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger will retire from the paper by the end of 2007, the New York Post’s Keith Kelly wrote Tuesday, and he expects a successor to be named sometime in the spring. Kelly wrote, “Once that person is named, Steiger is expected to serve in an advisory role until he […]
Shafer: WSJ redesign is only about saving money
Slate.com media columnist Jack Shafer wrote that the executives at Dow Jones should have come clean on Monday when they discussed the redesign of the Wall Street Journal and simply stated that it was about saving money, not giving readers something better. Shafer wrote, “Instead of leveling with his readers about the reasons behind his […]
Steiger: Reporters need to adapt
In a Q&A interview with PR Week about the redesign of the Wall Street Journal, Paul Steiger said that the changes to the paper will continue to force journalists to think about the best format to present a story. Steiger said, “Back in the late 1990s, we started the relationship with CNBC. There was a […]
WSJ publisher Crovitz explains changes
In a letter addressed to Wall Street Journal readers published in Monday’s paper, publisher Gordon Crovitz explained why the paper will shrink as part of a redesign. Crovitz stated, “In an age of information overload, you tell us you want more of what the Journal uniquely offers. This includes more interpretation, analysis and context — […]
WSJ reporters "alarmed" about redesign
The New York Times’ Katherine Seelye has a look at the redesigned Wall Street Journal set to debut Jan. 2 in Monday’s paper, but the most interesting part of her reporting is her sentence that states, “The move has alarmed some journalists there.” Seelye wrote, “On the front page, the column of news that runs […]
New CNBC web site is live
As of 10:20 p.m. Sunday, the new CNBC site has gone live. The business news cable network had said that it would officially launch on Dec. 4, splitting itself from MSN Money, where it had posted news and information for the past six months. The network is planning a huge day on Monday to attract […]
Wall Street Journal to unveil redesign on Monday
The Wall Street Journal is expected to unveil changes to its design at a press conference in New York on Monday, according to an Associated Press story. The AP story stated, “Robert Christie, a spokesman for Dow Jones & Co., which publishes the Journal, described several of the features generally but declined to provide fuller […]
Fresno paper removes stock indicators from front page, and hears about it
The Fresno Bee recently took away the major stock market indicators on the front page of its business section, reasoning that the same information was contained inside the paper on the stock pages. Big mistake. Readers complained. Kris Eldred, assistant managing editor, wrote, “One change was to remove the stock indicators — the red and […]
