Categories: OLD Media Moves

Florida paper cuts stock listings

The Ocala Star-Banner, which is owned by the New York Times, will cut its printed stock listings during the week, according to executive editor Robyn Tomlin’s Sunday column.

Tomlin wrote, “On Tuesday, readers of the financial pages will see the results of one of those tough decisions as the Star-Banner ceases publication of the comprehensive daily stocks and mutual fund listings Tuesday through Friday.

“The advent of the Internet has effectively made these pages irrelevant moments after they are published. They have simply outlived their usefulness.

“Take, for instance, the Asian stock market fluctuations that occurred last week. By the time we all woke up and picked up the newspaper from the driveway, many of the printed listings had been dramatically affected by what was happening several continents away.

“The timeliness and detail of the information available on the Web is exponentially greater than what we can offer in our daily printed news pages. So, we’ve opted to push detailed financial data onto Ocala.com in an improved, interactive format.”

Read more here.

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