Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times writes for Monday’s paper about a planned makeover of The Wall Street Journal‘s makeover section.

Perez-Pena wrote, “Several months ago, people briefed on the new management’s plans said that Marketplace, the second section of the paper, would be replaced. But now, newsroom employees — who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the changes — say the section will be reshaped.

“Plans call for fewer business features on the section’s first page. The section front also has featured columnists who will be shifted inside, except Walter S. Mossberg, the technology columnist. The Marketplace front page will instead have more hard news articles about events in the corporate world.

“Robert Christie, a Dow Jones spokesman, declined to comment on specific changes, except to quote Marcus W. Brauchli, the managing editor, as saying, ‘There are a lot of evolutionary changes going on.'”

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