Paste Magazine starts business news section

Paste Magazine, which has previously focused on covering music, technology, politics, food, travel and entertainment, has started a business news section on its website.

Jacob Weindling, the editor of the new section, writes, “We will report on the news in two manners: features and short news posts. The posts will highlight interesting or funny items that are worth spending a couple minutes exploring, while the features will take a deeper dive into an important subject. We will not report on news like the daily movement of the stock market or who is getting hired where, as you can get that basic nuts-and-bolts information from any newswire. If you’re reading Paste, it’s because you’re learning something or being entertained. We will try to not waste your time.

“That said, it may happen simply because we plan to explore the space, and no one bats 1.000. ‘Business’ is a vertical that encompasses a wide range of ideas. Our attention will certainly be focused on the pressing issues of the day like new innovations in the market, the incredibly large catchall that is ‘small business,’ and news coming from the economic flanks of the world’s governments. However, we do not want to pigeon-hole ourselves before we can get a sense for what our readers care about, and the narratives which will materialize in the coming months.

“I will be moving from Boston down to Paste’s headquarters outside Atlanta to be the Editor of the new Business and Media sections, and I will take over Politics come early 2017, as Shane Ryan will move into a staff writer role. In short, we’re growing, and I want to lay out our mission in this section with you – the reader, as to how we aim to earn a slice of your time.

“A few specific areas of interest for me in this gigantic sandbox are 3D printing, the new marijuana economy (now 100% legal in 7 states which comprise 23% of US GDP), and global central bank activity (I won’t bore you with every detail, but I think we can all agree that interest rate movements are pretty important, no?). The hot topic is automation, for good reason. It is a massive benefit, particularly to large companies that can afford gigantic factories that basically run on their own.”

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