Canada paper expands biz coverage
The Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada is expanding its online and print business coverage, writes business editor Fiona Anderson. Anderson writes, “Starting online at vancouversun.com/business,our expanded team of reporters and web editors provide important business news starting at 4:30 a.m. every weekday and stretching throughout the day. The Sun’s new site is filled with personalities, […]
Miami Herald to cut standalone business section
The Miami Herald plans to cut its standalone business section and put business news in the back of its metro section, according to an announcement in the Sunday paper from business editor Jane Wooldridge. Wooldridge writes, “Beginning Oct. 30, the Money section will appear on Saturday rather than Sunday. The new section will include current […]
Combining business news with sports
I’ve heard of daily metro papers putting business news in the back of the metro section, and in the back of the A section, but here’s what it looks like when the Toronto Star put business news in the back of its sport section on Saturday.
Minnesota paper changes weekend biz section
Jay Furst, the managing editor of the Rochester Post-Bulletin in Minnesota, writes about changes to the paper’s weekend business section. Furst writes, “Your Money, which replaces the current Business section, will be all about personal finance, and here’s where the Wall Street Journal comes in. The Journal, as you likely know, is the Bible of […]
ACBJ papers unveil redesigned sites
All of American City Business Journals 40 weekly business newspapers have rolled out redesigned Web sites on Sunday. Each of the papers has nearly identical stories on their sites Sunday evening, stating that one of the biggest changes is in making the paper’s print edition articles easier to find online. A story on the Silicon […]
Missouri paper revamps Sunday biz section
The Springfield News-Leader in Missouri is updating its Sunday business section, writes executive editor David Stoeffler. Stoeffler writes, “You’ll notice a major shift toward emphasizing local business and consumer news, including a regular column from business writer Wes Johnson. We’ll have news and feature stories about Ozarks businesses, plus a rotating series of economic statistics […]
Pittsburgh paper to add law coverage to business section
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Wednesday that it will launch a new print and online weekly legal news section in partnership with The Legal Intelligencer, the nation’s oldest daily legal newspaper. An Associated Press story states, “The section, which debuts Monday, will feature bylined news and analysis from both papers, and run in the Post-Gazette’s business […]
Understanding the Forbes redesign
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Forbes magazine unveiled a redesigned publication on Thursday, as well as an updated to its Web site, that changes how a magazine presents information to readers. For example, comments from readers, instead of being lumped in the “Letters” section of a magazine, are now taken from the Web and included in […]
Discussing the new Forbes strategy
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes on its site about the reasoning behind its redesign and content overhaul. Dvorkin writes, “The initial steps to re-architect Forbes.com and Forbes magazine are accompanied by an expansion of our content model to provide our audience with more reporting, additional data and an array of thoughtful […]
Forbes unveils redesign
Forbes unveiled Wednesday evening a dramatic redesign of the business magazine, debuting with the annual Forbes 400 issue hitting newsstands Thursday, as well as the next iteration of a Forbes.com redesign now live online here. The updated Forbes 400 web package marks the second step in a rolling redesign of Forbes.com, which began with the […]
