St. Paul paper cutting Tuesday standalone biz section, stock listings
The St. Paul Pioneer Press will combine its business section with its news section on Tuesdays, and also cut its stock listings during the week, according to a memo from publisher Guy Gilmore posted on the paper’s Web site. The memo stated, “Today’s A section combines local, national, international and opinion into a single section. […]
Changes made to LA Times business section
Because of other sections being cut or cancelled, some additions are being made to the Los Angeles Times business section, according to a memo from editor Russ Stanton posted Sunday on the paper’s reader representative blog. The posting noted, “Today’s Real Estate section is the final issue, a number of its features moving to Home, […]
Missouri paper cuts printed stock listings
The Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri announced Saturday that it was cutting its printed stock listings in its paper, switching to the AP’s Money & Markets offering. Justin Willett wrote, “As part of this change, we no longer will publish A-Z listings in the print edition. Instead, you can find a link to more than […]
Going against the grain when it comes to business news
Jack McElroy, the editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee, responds Tuesday to the Project for Excellence in Journalism report released Monday that noted that more than one-third of metro newspapers in the country are cutting their business news hole. McElroy wrote, “Most newspapers have reduced their Business coverage in recent years. We haven’t. […]
A business news blurb talks back
Mark Glaser, who writes the MediaShift column for PBS, writes about the brief in the San Francisco Chronicle’s business section on the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s study that noted the declining coverage in most newspapers. Glaser noted that the brief started speaking to him. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: Me: Don’t you […]
Business section being cut, but stock listings to increase
The Sacramento Bee, which plans to cut its standalone business section later this month, will actually increase its printed stock listings when it makes the change, writes business editor Wayne Davis. Davis writes that the changes to the section will include: • The stock listings will grow. Each day, we’ll publish more than 750 of […]
Most newspapers cutting business coverage
More than one third of newspapers are giving less space to business news now than they were three years ago, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Seventeen percent of newspapers have increased the space given to business news, the study found. In addition, the study found that 30 […]
Florida paper to cut Saturday business section
The Fort Myers News-Press announced Friday that it will cut its Saturday business section beginning later this month. Among papers on Florida’s Gulf Coast, both the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Tampa Tribune have cut their standalone Sunday business sections, while the St. Petersburg Times has cut its daily business section. A story on the paper’s […]
Former business editor says cut biz section like "a death in the family"
Greg Kratz, the former business editor of the Deseret News, writes Sunday about what he liked best about the business desk as the paper prepares to cut the standalone section. Kratz writes, “I admit that I’m not sad to see the stock page eliminated. I know some readers love having stocks in the paper, and […]
Michigan paper cuts weekend stock listings
The Traverse City Record-Eagle is cutting its printed stock listings in the Sunday business section and making other changes to its coverage, writes business editor Bob O’Brien. O’Brien writes, “A new weekly Sunday feature is ‘Money & Markets Extra’ from the Associated Press. It will highlight financial news and trends over the previous week and […]
