Categories: OLD Media Moves

Oregonian cuts stock listings, makes other changes to business

The Oregonian, the daily newspaper in Portland, said Sunday that it was cutting its daily stock listings and making other changes to its business section.

A short story in Sunday’s paper stated, “In addition, starting Labor Day, Monday sections will focus on personal technology news. The weekly report will include a national columnist, user tips and technology reviews.

“Based on local and national surveys as well as reader critiques and comments, the changes are aimed at serving the biggest possible readership. The Oregonian is adjusting its stock market report to the Internet era, in which real-time stock quotes are widely available, even via cell phones.

“On Friday, for instance, The Oregonian’s affiliated Web site, OregonLive (www.oregonlive.com), revamped its online stock report offerings, including more detail on stocks of local interest. For readers without Internet access, a recent Microsoft service, Tellme, provides automated, toll-free telephone quotes at 1-800-555-TELL (8355). They’re quick and just 20 minutes delayed.”

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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.