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 […]
Texas business weekly changes name
Inside Collin County Business has changed its naem to the Collin County Business Press, according to a story in sister publication Forth Worth Business Press. The story stated, “Jack Bick will remain at the helm as publisher. “Ohio-based, Brown Publishing Company purchased Inside Collin County Business earlier this year. Brown Publishing is also the parent […]
WSJ.com redesign herculean, but shows schism between readers
Chadwick Matlin of The Big Money critiques the newly redesigned Wall Street Journal Web site, and while noting its accomplishments, wonders why there’s so much difference between the pay portion and what’s available to non-subscribers. Matlin writes, “In The Big Money’s tests, the Digg workaround was still working, but you can no longer get to […]
WSJ.com redesign is coherent and thought-out
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio likes what he sees in the redesigned Wall Street Journal Web site. Salmon writes, “But overall the redesign gets a solid A. Every page looks thought-out and coherent, like it was designed by a really smart human rather than dynamically put together by a dumb computer. The index pages, […]
Newark page focuses on individuals and their savings
Allyson Murphy, who designs the business pages at the Newark Star-Ledger in New Jersey, writes, “We decided early on yesterday to focus not so much on the institutional part of the story, but more on the money and how this will affect individuals and their savings. “I designed our Biz cover. We blew up our […]
Wall Street dominates front page and biz section
Chris Dinsmore, the business editor of the Virginian-Pilot, notes Tuesday that the paper devoted most of its front page and the front of its business section to the Wall Street issues. Dinsmore writes, “We at the Pilot decided to devote much our front page and the Business section to the turmoil. We wanted to run […]
Cleveland biz section front illustrates stock price drops
Paul O’Donnell, the business editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, notes that its business section front page on Tuesday decided to illustrate using the huge stock price declines seen by major brokerage firms. O’Donnell says, “Lots of discussion throughout the day between the biz editors, the biz designer, the 1A editor and our main visuals guy. […]
Little Rock biz front focus on local firm
Jack Weatherly, the business editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, notes that the paper’s front page focused on the drop in the stock market Monday and used another story for the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the sale of Merrill Lynch. The front page of the business section focused on Stephens Inc., a Little Rock-based brokerage. Weatherly […]
Big business news day, so send your front pages to Talking Biz News
With major business news shaking the investment banking industry, Wall Street and investors, and the largest insurance company in the world, Tuesday’s business sections promise to be chock full of news. Talking Biz News wants to see how your paper covered the turmoil. Send me a pdf or a jpeg of the front page of […]
New York paper cuts printed stocks
The Schenectady Daily Gazette is cutting its two pages of printed stock listings and replacing them with the AP’s Money & Markets page, writes managing editor Judy Patrick. Patrick writes, “With the debut of the Money & Markets package, we will stop printing the two full pages of stock and mutual fund tables that we […]
