Categories: OLD Media Moves

Virginia paper brings back Saturday stock listings

The Hampton Roads Daily Press, which earlier this month cuts its weekly roundup Saturday stock listings, is now bringing them back after hearing from readers.

A short item in the paper Friday stated, “A few weeks ago, when we replaced the daily stocks with a Money & Markets page that focused on perspective, not listings, we disappointed a fair number of readers. And we heard from them in Feedback, on the phone and in person. In that direct input and in a follow-up survey online and by telephone, we heard repeatedly that a weekly roundup of the stock listings on Saturday would be a good substitute. So that begins tomorrow in the Business pages. And we’ll continue to run the Money & Markets page Tuesday through Friday.

“The Business pages, though, continue to be at the back of Sports, rather than inside the Local section. We heard callers’ views on that placement, too – mixed, but some distinctly negative – and we’re working on a way to address those concerns without losing the prominence and color we can now give to our excellent local business coverage, including photos. Thanks for the many constructive suggestions.”

Read more here.

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.

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