Charleston biz journal redesigns Web site

The Charleston Regional Business Journal launched a redesigned Web site on Monday designed to focus more on breaking news. A story on the paper’s site stated, “‘We know from comments and from watching how readers interact with our Daily Journal e-mail product that readers value breaking news and are interested in being the first to know […]

Long Island business paper unveils redesigned Web site

The Long Island Business News has launched a redesigned Web site with more breaking news on the home page, writes Henry Powderly II. Powderly writes, “First, the new design packs more headlines into our homepage, an important upgrade that will allow us to expand our daily coverage of the region. And by organizing our stories […]

Boston Globe to cut standalone business section

The Boston Globe announced Friday that it will cut its standalone business section during the week, beginning next week, reports Jesse Noyes of the Boston Business Journal. Noyes writes, “The paper will no longer publish a free-standing business section — it will be folded into the a newly named ‘Metro’ section — except on Sundays. […]

SmartMoney unveils new Web design

SmartMoney, the personal finance magazine run jointly by Hearst and Dow Jones & Co., introduced a new Web site design aimed at providing more information — and attracting more readers. According to Nielsen NetRatings data, SmartMoney’s Web site ranked No. 18 among financial news and information sites, for September in terms of page views, with […]

Seattle Times cuts standalone business section

The Seattle Times has cut its standalone business section, writes Andrea James of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Other metro dailies that have cut their standalone business sections in the past year include the The St. Petersburg Times, The Tampa Tribune, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, Denver Post, Orange County Register, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Reno […]

Tampa paper brings back Sunday Business & Money section

Mark Guidera, the senior business editor at the Tampa Tribune, writes that the paper is bringing back its standalone Business & Money section on Sunday due to reader interest. Guidera writes, “We’ve added features to make your time with the section worthwhile: “The front page of the section offers enlightening and in-depth stories about local, […]

Tampa Tribune cuts standalone business section

The Tampa Tribune has cut its standalone business section, according to a redesign that was launched Monday. Business news now appears in the first section of the paper, according to a note in Monday’s paper from executive editor Janet Coats. The rival St. Petersburg Times cut its standalone business section earlier this summer. Other metro dailies […]

Tampa and Hartford papers add WSJ Sunday

The Tampa Tribune and the Hartford Courant have begun running The Wall Street Journal Sunday content in its weekend papers, according to Dow Jones & Co. The Courant incorporated The Sunday Journal as part of a major redesign that debuted on Sept. 28. The Tribune, a Media General newspaper, began running Sunday Journal on Oct. 5 also […]

Winston-Salem paper drops weekly markets section

Carl Crothers, the executive editor of the Winston-Salem News Journal, writes Monday that the paper has stopped printing its weekly Market Review section. Crothers writes, “The weekly Market Review stock section, which was free to subscribers who requested it, has been discontinued. The number of readers of the section had dwindled to fewer than 2,000, […]

Wichita paper adding standalone biz section on Tuesdays, Wednesdays

The Wichita Eagle will begin running a standalone business section on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, writes editor Sherry Chisenhall. Chisenhall writes, “Another change you’ll see next week is one I’m very excited about – we’ll be extending our popular Business Today coverage to a new section on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Previously, business coverage on those days […]