Categories: OLD Media Moves

San Antonio paper eliminates Sunday and Monday biz sections

The San Antonio Express-News eliminated its Sunday and Monday business sections this past week as part of a number of changes designed to cut costs.

Public editor Bob Richter writes, “So what you had last Monday, Feb. 16, was an amalgamation of recent changes — no OpEd Page, no separate Metro section and no Business section.

“On top of that, you had a hefty array of advertisements, not typical of most Mondays, but because the 16th was Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday, many businesses were hawking for customers. It was great for the Express-News’ bottom line, but journalistically, it was a Frankenstein monster. And, many readers wanted to know:

“‘Where’s the Business section?’ ‘I didn’t get Metro.’ Some of you even called customer service here thinking you didn’t get a complete newspaper.”

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