Connecticut paper cuts stock listings
The Norwich Bulletin is cutting its printed stock listings as part of a redesign, writes executive editor Jim Konrad on Friday. Konrad writes, “One of the big changes coming is a new look to our Business page. It will have more useful information, key news and local business folks in it. The economic climate requires […]
Salt Lake City paper to cut standalone business section
The Deseret News joined other metropolitan newspapers on Tuesday when it announced it was cutting its standalone business section. Dennis Romboy of the Deseret News wrote, “The paper’s business section, including stock pages, will be eliminated in its current format. Business news will be relocated inside the A section. “In addition, some sections of the […]
Baltimore Sun losing standalone business section
The Baltimore Sun’s standalone business section will be eliminated by the end of the month, becoming the second Tribune paper to cut its business section. The Hartford Courant announced this weekend that it would cut its business section. Assistant managing editor for business Bernie Kohn declined to comment. But sources tell Talking Biz News that […]
Cleveland paper to drop Monday business section
The Cleveland Plain Dealer will stop publishing a Monday business section and move the content from that section into other days, according to an announcement from publisher Terry Egger. The announcement stated, “Beginning next week, Business will no longer be a printed section on Mondays. In its place, the Business page on cleveland.com will be […]
Illinois paper brings back Sunday stock listings after readers complain
The Kankakee Daily Journal in Illinois, which previously had eliminated the stock listings from its Sunday paper, has now brought them back due to reader demand. Weekend editor Tim Yonke writes, “Over the last two weeks a significant number of readers phoned, wrote and e-mailed editors here and asked, ‘Where’s my stock page?’ “Well, I […]
Fort Wayne paper cuts stock listings
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is cutting its daily stock listings and instead will run the Associated Press Money & Markets package. Lisa Green writes, “The new ‘Money & Markets’ features will appear Tuesday through Friday and include an industry spotlight, which analyzes the performance of an industry or sector, and a short centerpiece story […]
Hartford Courant to cut standalone biz section, stock listings
The Hartford Courant newspaper will start putting its business section in the A section and put all stock listings on its Web site, writes managing editor Barbara Roessner in Sunday’s paper. Roessner writes, “Connecticut business news, and reporting on the economy and personal finance, will also move into the A section on weekdays. A more […]
California paper to cut standalone biz section
The Ventura County Star will cut its standalone business section during the week beginning Monday, writes editor Joe Howry in Sunday’s paper. Other California papers to have cut their standalone business section include the Orange County Register, Stockton Record, Monterey Herald, and the San Francisco Chronicle on Mondays and Tuesdays. Howry writes, “The most noticeable cut […]
Changes to weekend Orlando Sentinel biz coverage
The Orlando Sentinel is making several changes to its weekend business coverage, including moving its standalone tech section into the Sunday business section. Tech Support, which debuted in the paper more than a year ago, will now “move to a Sunday section called Tech & Money. Etan Horowitz‘s coverage of personal technology will be part […]
What losing a standalone business section means
Mary Cornatzer, the business editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Saturday about moving the business section into the City & State section, which will now be called Triangle & Co. She notes that Saturday’s standalone business section, the last at the paper, should be a collector’s item. Cornatzer writes, “Business reporters will continue […]
