The Colorado Springs Gazette will move its business section into its metro section beginning Tuesday, writes editor Jeff Thomas in Sunday’s paper.

Thomas wrote, “The Business section will move into the Metro section. The move saves newsprint, and it gives business a later deadline, so news can be updated later in the evening.

“On Saturdays, stocks and mutual-fund listings will be replaced with a page of market summaries, as is done currently Tuesdays-Fridays.”

Read more here. The Colorado Springs paper joins a number of other papers, including the Dayton Daily News, Akron Beacon Journal, Orange County Register and Denver Post, that have cut their standalone business sections since the beginning of 2007.

Donald Blount, the managing editor of the Stockton Record, writes Sunday about the calls the paper has received in the wake of cutting stock listings in the business section.

Blount wrote, “For the past few weeks, Deputy Metro Editor Barbara Zumwalt, who coordinates our business coverage, and I have taken calls each day from readers upset over the elimination of daily stock listings.

“Daily stocks have been disappearing from newspapers for years as the publications have gotten smaller and sources such as the Internet and business news television networks have made stock listings more available.

“Yet one reader was quite clear as we discussed this.

“He said: ‘Maybe I’m a dinosaur, but I don’t have a computer to check my stocks.’ He didn’t want to check his stocks online.”

Read more here.

The Hilton Head Island Packet in South Carolina will cut its standalone business section and the stock and mutual fund listings in its business section, beginning next Tuesday, according to a story Saturday.

The story stated, “Most notably, there will be fewer stocks and mutual fund listings — we’ll have one page of listings instead of three. That page and a second one, which will carry business stories from the Lowcountry and elsewhere, will be in the A section, the first section of the newspaper, rather than in a separate section as before.

“The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ stocks listed will be the most actively traded for the previous day; the mutual funds the largest ones ranked by asset size.

“At the same time, we’re offering you a much better way to get significantly more information about your investments — from our Web site: islandpacket.com.

“We’re making these changes for a number of reasons. Like most other newspapers, the Packet is trying to reduce expenses at a time when regional and national economies are languishing. Newsprint is one of the biggest expenses for a newspaper. We want to use it wisely –particularly in times of economic malaise.”

Read more here.

The Stockton Record, an Ottaway newspaper, is cutting its daily business section and its stock listings, according to a story in Thursday’s paper.

Joe Goldeen wrote, “A weekly wrap-up of stocks and mutual funds will appear in Sunday’s standalone Money section.

“With so many alternatives available to avid stock watchers, such as 24-hour cable TV business channels and Internet access, The Record is attempting to make better use of the space taken up by the daily listings.

“Readers will first notice the stock listings change in Tuesday’s edition.

“The Money section itself will be combined with Local news and appear six days a week in the second half of the B section. It will continue to remain a separate section on Sundays.”

Read more here.

The Las Cruces Sun-News in Mexico is cutting its stock listings, according to a short story in Wednesday’s paper.

The story stated, “We hope the information provided to our business readers will help you get a comprehensive, quick picture of the day’s market activity.

“No longer will we run complete listings for mutual funds and other stocks. Rather, we will provide a ‘Market in Review’ with highlights of the day’s trades and a short listing of stocks of local interest. Indeed, if there’s a particular listing you would like to see in the daily print report, e-mail us at lpeerman@lcsun-news.com. This will allow us to remain the news and information leader in our community.

“As a continuing service to you, complete stocks and mutual funds reports can be found on our Web site at lcsun-news.com. In addition to market information, you will find a complete report of the day’s business news, including analysis and commentary.”

Read more here.

The Olympian newspaper in Olympia, Wash., has cut its Sunday stock listings, among other changes to the business section.

Executive editor Vickie Kilgore wrote, “The Sunday Business section looks different. It’s combined with the Classified listings, which we think you will find useful. The list of property transfers that has been published in the Business section now appears in the Real Estate section.

“Additionally, we realize that the massive listings in the traditional stocks report are not helpful to most stockholders. Nowadays, people can follow their portfolio with more tailored and timely information online. We offer that service as well at www.theolympian.com. (Check out the box on the lower right of the home page.)

“So we have replaced the traditional lists in the Sunday Business section with analysis, charts and other reports on stocks and mutual funds that give the week at a glance.

“We’ll continue to publish a list of stocks of local interest.”

Read more here.

 

Anthony Cronin, the business editor of the New London Day in Connecticut, writes Sunday about changes to the paper’s business section.

One of the changes is that Cronin’s column, which had focused on workplace issues during the week, will now move to the Sunday business section and cover a wider variety of topics.

Cronin wrote, “This column isn’t the only new item you’ll notice in today’s Business section. Among other changes:

“Our weekly stocks and mutual funds coverage is now done in a two-page package, rather than three pages. We still feature all three markets — the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market — as well as mutual fund listings and weekly money market rates. We also include weekly charts about interest rates, commodities, currencies and stocks in the spotlight.”

Read more here.

David Zeeck, the executive editor of the Tacoma News-Tribune, writes Sunday about changes to the paper’s stock listings starting this week.

Zeeck wrote, “You’ll still see five ‘Highlights of the Day’ topping the page as they do now. But other elements will change.

“‘We added a look at the most important financial news with graphic representations of stock prices and economic indicators,’ said Marce Edwards, our business editor. ‘We added interest rate information and expanded the Treasuries listings.’

“We’ll still have the most-active stocks from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, and we’ll still list Northwest stocks.

“‘This at-a-glance presentation allows us to get more information about earnings reports and economic data in the paper each day,’ Edwards said.

Read more here.

Dave Hodges, the business editor of the Tallahassee Democrat, writes Saturday that the paper will make changes to its Sunday stock listings.

Hodges wrote, “Sunday’s Business & Growth section will include a new feature called Money & Markets Extra. It is a report on how the equities markets did for the week, along with more detailed information on which stocks had gains and which ones faltered or fell.

“You’ll notice, too, that the emphasis is going to be more on market performance over time, not just reporting results for particular stocks. Each week, Money & Markets Extra will help you spot trends that may have bearing on your investment decisions.

“One example will be a chart tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes, the two most widely watched on Wall Street. There’s a graph for each and a recap of daily performance for the past week.

“The first thing you’ll notice Sunday is an expanded table for stocks of local interest. We have increased the list to include various companies that you have suggested we add, plus others that have sizable operations in our area.”

Read more here.