Reuters magazine part of broad consumer push
Joe Pompeo and Tom McGevern of Capital New York write Thursday about how the prototype Reuters magazine is part of a broader push by the news organization to reach consumers. Pompeo and McGevern write, “At 64 pages, Reuters has all the meat of a mainstream news magazine and none of the filler. (There are no […]
Time relaunches online biz section
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Cathy Sharick, the new managing editor of Time.com, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: Last year TIME.com successfully launched Moneyland, a vertical that makes sense of mortgages, credit cards and savings rates for consumers often bewildered by personal finance. And starting today, we bring that same unique […]
Fortune names new design director
Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer sent out the following staff announcement on Monday: I am delighted to announce that Emily Kehe is now the Design Director of Fortune. As you know, Emily has been filling in for John Korpics since his departure. During that time she has done a superb job; designing covers and layouts, overseeing […]
Fresno Biz Journal unveils redesigned site
The Fresno Business Journal will roll out a new website design on Friday. Managing editor Gabriel Dillard writes, “The website debuting Friday includes a number of new features meant to further engage our business-minded readers. These include the ability for users to post comments on stories, a revamped story tip and calendar submission system and […]
Texas biz newspaper combines sections
El Paso Inc., a weekly business newspaper in the west Texas city, has combined two of its regular sections into one. Publisher Tom Fenton writes, “Regular El Paso Inc. readers will notice that this week we begin combining Border Business and Personal Finance into one 20-page section titled ‘Your Money.’ “Don’t worry: No news content […]
NY paper cutting Sunday WSJ content for its own
Rex Smith, the editor of the Albany Times Union in New York, writes about the paper’s changed to its Sunday business section. Smith writes, “You’ll notice the changes most if you have been a fan of the Sunday Wall Street Journal pages that we have published in our Business section for the past five years. […]
Florida paper adding Sunday biz section
The Lakeland Ledger newspaper in Florida says that it is adding a business section to its Sunday paper. A story on its website states, “‘Our readers have told us they want every kind of business news, from local and consumer-oriented to investment advice and economic trends,’ said Ledger Editor Lenore Devore. ‘We added a page […]
Breakingviews will no longer appear in print NY Times
Rob Cox of Breakingviews writes Thursday that the column will no longer run in the print version of The New York Times but can be found on its website. Cox writes, “It has been an exciting period in financial journalism. But as times have changed, so must we. After the end of the year, Breakingviews […]
Inc. launches website redesign
Inc.com has been re-launched with new content, features, analysis, tools and a new slate of columnists. “Inc.com is the best online resource for entrepreneurs focused on growing their companies,” says editor in chief Eric Schurenberg, who joined Inc.com in September, in a statement. “The site now really ups the expert level, prominence, and authority of […]
An alternative story format biz section
Here is what the front page of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Sunday business section looked like using alternative story formats:
