Phillyinc. content is good, but sponsorship still a bad idea
The PhillyInc. column in the business section of the Philadelphia Inquirer that is being sponsored by a local bank has begun running, and the content in Tuesday’s paper is what you’d see in any business section around the country. First, there’s the Inquirer/Bloomberg Index chart, which shows the performance of publicly traded companies in the […]
Tallahassee biz section splits from editorial
The Tallahassee Democrat’s business section will no longer share a section with the opinion page, writes business editor Steve Liner in Tuesday’s paper. Liner wrote, “First change: The name has changed to reflect what we are bringing you. No longer ‘Business and Editorial,’ we are now ‘Business and Growth.’ The name tells the story, really, […]
Columbus paper moves business to back of sports
The Columbus Dispatch will move its business section during the week into the back of the sports section, joining three other papers that have made a similar move in recent months. The other papers that have cut their standalone business section are the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Akron Beacon-Journal. Dispatch editor Benjamin […]
Paper cuts stock listings, hears from readers
The Bristol Herald Courier, the paper on the Virginia/Tennessee border, cut its stock listings last week and switched to the AP’s Money & Markets page, and heard from a number of readers, wrote managing editor Jeff Foster. Now, it’s considered making changes to appease those readers. Foster wrote, “The Associated Press launched this new Money […]
Arkansas Business expands into sports coverage
Arkansas Business plans to expand its coverage on the Internet and in print this summer with statewide sports coverage, Publisher Jeff Hankins announced Thursday, according to a story on its web site. The story stated, “Jim Harris, entertainment editor of the Arkansas Times for the past eight years and former managing editor of Arkansas Business, […]
Financial Times has a new design
The Design Week web site has a look at the redesigned Financial Times, which was introduced on Monday. Gina Lovett wrote, “The Financial Times sports a fresh look today, devised by its in-house design team in conjunction with US external design consultant Ryan Bowman. Development editor Andy Davis oversaw the project. “According to a spokeswoman […]
Toronto biz section undergoes overhaul
The Toronto Globe and Mail’s “Report on Business” section has completed a major renovation that includes changes to its stock listings as well as columnists, wrote editor John Stackhouse in Monday’s paper. Stackhouse wrote, “Today, we introduce a weekly Agenda page as a forum for outside views on the most pressing business issues facing Canada. […]
Sarasota Sunday business section "suspended"
Mike Connelly, executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, writes in a column that the Sunday business section is being suspended partly because of a weak local economy. Connelly wrote, “We hate to do this, but the Internet has changed the value of Sunday business. “For decades, Sunday business sections were built around weekly stock listings. […]
Portfolio web site a "strong design effort"
Tom McCormick has a trenchant review of the Portfolio.com web site on the Bivings Report that is much more illuminating than my own critique. McCormick wrote, “All new web efforts must have a blog component and portfolio.com is no exception. Speaking only on the design, I like the way they have set this section up. […]
Grading the first Portfolio
The New York Post has a report card for the first issue of Conde Nast Portfolio. It gets an A+ for readability, a B- for cover and design, a C+ for wow factor and a D for breaking news. The overall grade is a B-. The Post noted, “But there is a lot more work […]
