Portland Biz Journal unveils design

Rob Smith, the editor of the Portland Business Journal, writes about the paper’s redesign. Smith writes, “The paper features a splashy new design, a centerpiece package based around important news, expanded treatment of our popular weekly lists and analysis and insight from our reporters on stories they’ve been covering all week. “We’re also emphasizing expanded […]

Cleveland daily cuts standalone business section

A pullout section in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Sunday about changes being made at the paper confirmed that it will not have a daily business section anymore. The Plain Dealer will only have a freestanding business section on Sundays. On other days, business content will be wrapped into the main news section. The move […]

Phoenix paper may cut standalone biz section

The Arizona Republic, the daily paper in Phoenix owned by Gannett, may drop its standalone business section and put business news inside another section, reports Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal. Sunnucks writes, “The latest round of layoffs at The Arizona Republic could prompt some major changes for the newspaper’s business, community and editorial […]

Marketplace overhauls website

The “Marketplace” business news show on public radio has revamped its website. A story there states, “In the press release, it says, ‘The main logo, consisting of overlapping triangles, in bright shades of blue and green suggests a stock graph and the letter ‘M’.’ We just think it looks cool. Similarly, we launched a new […]

Oklahoma City paper revamps Money & Markets page

Don Mecoy, the business editor of The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, writes about the changes to the paper’s Money & Markets page. Mecoy writes, “That page, frequently referred to as the ‘stocks page’ by many of our readers, has shrunk over the years. Most newspapers, including The Oklahoman, used to carry multiple pages of stock […]

Fortune hires design director from Wired

Fortune creative director Brandon Kavulla sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: I’m very pleased to announce that Tim Leong is joining us as FORTUNE’s new Design Director, where he will help oversee and direct the visual and creative representation of the FORTUNE brand across all platforms. Tim comes to FORTUNE from Wired, where he […]

Behind the Kansas City Business Journal redesign

Newspaper design expert Mario Garcia has posted page examples of the redesign at the Kansas City Business Journal and parts of an interview between Jon Wile, creative director for American City Business Journals, and publisher Joyce Hayhow, and editor Brian Kaberline about the nearly year-long transition their news operation has gone through. Here is an excerpt: […]

CNBC.com launches new home page

CNBC launched a new home page for its website this weekend that has bigger photos and fewer stories. The home page for the business news network now includes three to five stories on the top, instead of the 40 headlines that were often crammed onto the page, said Xana Antunes, the executive editor and vice […]

Missouri biz journal changes its name

The Tri-State Business Journal has changed its name to the Joplin Regional Business Journal, according to a story on the KOAM-TV website. The story says,”New owners, Larry and Mikell Warren and their staff say the newly formatted paper will bring in more regional news. “The publication will continue every two weeks. “Owners say the journal has similar goals […]

Philadelphia Business Journal unveils redesign

Philadelphia Business Journal editor Craig Ey and publisher Lyn Kremer wrote the following about the redesign of the American City Business Jouranls’ paper: So what does that mean for our weekly edition? The product is, quite simply, better than ever. Each week, we take a deep dive into an issue — and, quite often, a […]