Categories: OLD Media Moves

St. Pete Times to cut standalone business section

The St. Petersburg Times will cut its standalone business section during the week but keep its Sunday business section, current and former members of the business desk have confirmed.

The changes is expected to occur next month, likely with the paper of May 19. The business section will be combined with the paper’s metro section.

The Florida paper joins other large metro dailies such as the Denver Post, Orange County Register, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, Monterey (Calif.) Herald, Palm Beach Post and Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal.

The paper will also be cutting its stock listings, using three-quarters of a page for market data bassed on Associated Press modules. It will have a full page for business news and the bottom of the market data page for jumps and briefs. Business stories will also be candidates for the front of the metro section.

Business will not be alone. In addition, the Times is cutting its Floridian features section during the week. It will also have a page inside the metro section.

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