Suburban Philly paper cuts stock listings
The Bucks County Courier Times is cutting its stock listings in favor of the AP’s Money & Markets page, according to a story in Sunday’s paper. Rose Venditti McIver wrote, “Most of our agate (the small type) listings will remain on the four days we run the Money & Markets package. We’ll run 1,024 listings […]
Changes at Colorado Springs biz section
The Colorado Springs Gazette is expanding its Sunday business section and adding daily features during the week while also introducing the AP’s Money & Markets page for its stock listings. In a short story in Sunday’s paper, the Gazette stated, “These changes are aimed at providing the news and information you need as you work, […]
Reno paper moves business section inside paper
The Reno Gazette-Journal will no longer have a standalone business section during the week, according to a short story in Wednesday’s paper. To make room for a new Neighborhoods & Voices section, the business section is moving inside the paper. On Wednesday, business news began on page 11A. The Reno paper joins the Akron Beacon-Journal […]
InfoWorld will no longer publish
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jessica Guynn reports on the paper’s Tech Chronicles blog that the tech industry publication InfoWorld will no longer publish a print edition. Instead, it will send its content to subscribers via e-mail. Guynn wrote, “The folks there think this is long overdue and that lamenting the demise of a three-decade-old business […]
LA Times revamps Sunday biz section
The Los Angeles Times announced a number of changes to its newspaper, including an overhaul of its Sunday business section. The changes include: The Sunday business section will take on a “Your Money” focus beginning April 15, part of Business’ ongoing day-of-the-week themed strategy that includes Small Business on Wednesday and International Trade on Saturday. […]
South Florida Biz Journal launching redesign later this week
The South Florida Business Journal, the weekly business newspaper in the area owned by American City Business Journals, is launching a new look on March 30, according to a release issued Monday. “For more than a quarter of a century, we’ve covered South Florida’s business community. We’ve chronicled its growth and reported on the arduous […]
Portfolio preview doesn't shed much
The special preview of Conde Nast Portfolio for charter subscribers arrived my mailbox today, and the cover promises a “behind-the-scenes look at the development of the magazine and web site.” Having read the preview, I still am not sure I know anything more than what I already knew about the magazine. It includes the basic […]
Forbes preparing lifestyle spinoff
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports Friday that Forbes is preparing a spinoff magazine called Forbes Executive Life Woman that will launch in October and then have four issues in 2008. Ives wrote, “And it’s true that the ranks of executive women are growing. The other business books are certainly trying to capitalize on that, […]
Get your face on Wired's cover
Wired magazine is offering the opportunity for some of its subscribers to have their faces on the July cover, reports MediaWeek’s Lucia Moses. She wrote, “As part of a collaboration with Xerox, one of its advertisers, Wired, starting March 23, will invite subscribers to go to the magazine’s Web site and upload a photo and […]
Google Finance gets a boost
Dominic Jones, writing on the Seeking Alpha web site, notes that a recent change to Google searches could mean a boost in traffic to the Google Finance site and hurt rival Yahoo Finance. Jones wrote, “While a boost in traffic to Google Finance from the main Google search pages is obvious, it’s unclear just how […]
