Categories: OLD Media Moves

Memphis daily cuts standalone biz section, but not biz staff

The Commercial Appeal in Memphis is cutting its standalone business section but not any of its business news staff, reports Madeline Faber of the Memphis Business Journal.

Faber writes, “Ted Evanoff, business editor at The Commercial Appeal, said the business staff is not being reduced. This is in spite of the fact that the business section will be a standalone piece only on Sundays, and it will be moved to the A section during the week, Evanoff said.

“‘This is a modern American corporation. What’s happening here is indicative of what’s going on in the economy in Memphis,’ he added.

“The Poynter Institute reported that The Commercial Appeal discontinued its DeSoto, Mississippi, edition. Additionally, there will only be one editorial page between Mondays and Saturdays.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.