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San Antonio paper eliminates Sunday and Monday biz sections
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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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Cape Cod paper cuts stock listings
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The Cape Cod Times will be cutting its printed stock listings, according to a story Saturday by Sarah Shemkus.
Shemkus wrote, “The daily business page will continue to include the same number of stock and mutual fund listings, but other financial market content will be eliminated. The Sunday business section, which currently includes more than four pages of stock and fund listings, will contain one page of listings focused on stocks and mutuals of specific interest to readers.
“The changes were precipitated by falling advertising revenue and shrinking profitability, Meyer and Pronovost said.
“Though the Times is still profitable, its margin has fallen by about 30 percent in the past five years. In 2008, revenue fell by 5.8 percent compared with the previous year, with an even sharper drop-off during the last three months of the year.”
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Sarasota paper puts stocks on Web
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The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has moved its stock and mutual fund listings to its Web site, writes executive editor Mike Connelly.
Connelly writes, “We held off as long as we could, but the recession has forced the Herald-Tribune to join many other U.S. newspapers in cutting stock listings.
“At the same time, we have expanded www.heraldtribune.com/stocks, offering a series of tools to track your portfolio, explore investing opportunities and monitor market trends.
“Starting today, the newspaper will publish a daily market summary instead of issue-by-issue stock and mutual-fund listings.
“The summary lists the 175 most widely held stocks, the 138 largest mutual funds and 26 market indices, along with interest rate and foreign exchange highlights.”
Read more here.
South Florida business newspaper unveils redesign
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The Daily Business Review, a business newspaper that circulates from Miami to Palm Beach in south Florida, unveiled a redesign on Tuesday.
The new design includes:
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An expanded front page index, including inside story summaries, for easier navigation;
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Added charts, illustrations, graphs of key issues, statistics and trends;
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New, daily full page “section front” pages for Law, Real Estate and Finance;
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Added daily news briefs and profiles of newsmakers;
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Two full pages of “Market Watch” information each day, covering local stock information, interest rates and major market news;
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A daily “What’s on the Web” page 2 feature highlighting additional relevant Web content;
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A rotating full-color back page of news every day including “Opinions and Commentary” (Monday); “Afterhours” (Tuesday); “Deal Makers” (Wednesday); “Verdicts & Settlements” (Thursday); and “Current Accounts,” a new feature focusing on South Florida’s roiling economic issues (Friday);
“At a time when many newspapers are cutting back, we recognize that content is king,” said publisher Chris Mobley in a statement. “Our new design presents more valuable, decision-making information in a format that saves our readers time. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to deliver in-depth coverage of law, real estate and finance across southeast Florida.”
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Atlanta paper to cut standalone business section
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TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has become the latest newspaper — and one of the largest — to cut its standalone business section during the week.
The move, which is expected to be announced this Sunday, will take place next month, and business news will now have three pages inside the A section, according to sources in Atlanta. A standalone Sunday business section will remain.
The move will occur with other changes at the paper, such as combining the Arts and Living sections on Sunday.
Other large metro dailies that have cut their standalone business section during the week include the San Francisco Chronicle, the Denver Post, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Michigan editor reacts to readers on cut stock listings
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John Foren, the editor of the Flint Journal in Michigan, writes in response to readers who called in about the paper’s decision to cut its printed stock listings.
Foren writes, “We’ve been talking for years about reducing our stock pages, influenced by the legions who check online accounts for how their stocks and mutual funds are doing. Few newspapers run full stock pages anymore — that’s not a justification for us to make the change, too, just a reflection of the public’s changing habits.
“After sampling readers for their stock favorites, we eliminated one full daily page of financial figures and replaced it with a column of stocks of local interest.
“Last Sunday, we began running a quarter page of mutual fund information — instead of our previous two full stock pages.
“Dozens of people called and e-mailed me. A few said they liked the overall changes, which included moving our weather map to the second page of the A section. But most said they missed the stock pages.”
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Massachusetts paper cuts standalone business section
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The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has cut its standalone business section in an overall redesign of the paper.
Business news, as well as lifestyle and entertainment news, will now be found in the second section after local news and obituaries.
Editor Harry Whitin writes, “Business has been renamed Money and its emphasis will shift slightly from traditional coverage of business institutions to more consumer news. There are new graphics that will help you tell at a glance what the investment markets are doing. There will be fewer stock listings, but the financial quotes for individual stocks will continue to be available at telegram.com/business.”
By Talking Biz News’ count, it’s at least the 45th daily newspaper in the United States that has cut its standalone business section in the past two years. The papers range in size from the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hilton Head Packet in South Carolina.
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Minyanville launches redesigned site
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Minyanville, the personal finance news site aimed at demystifying money, launched Tuesday a redesigned Web site that is cleaner and has fewer stories on its home page.
The redesign includes new content categories. The categories now include Business & Markets, Life & Money, Family & Finance and Audio & Video. Within these categories, readers can access their favorite content.
The site has also launched a social networking forum for investors and financial professionals. Users can build a profile and customize content based on their stock Watchlist, invite friends, blog and comment, discuss Minyanville articles and daily trading commentary, and build their network.
And there’s a kid’s area. Billed as the world’s first virtual financial community for kids, MinyanLand uses a combination of games and quizzes to teach young people the basics of earning, spending, saving and giving while having fun.
The site also includes subscription products, and a weekly cartoon show featuring Hoofy and Boo, a bull and a bear who provide commentary on business news.
Read more here.
Michigan paper cuts standalone business section
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The Ann Arbor News in Michigan says it will no longer produce a daily business section.
A brief in Sunday’s paper states, “Starting today, local business coverage, led by reporters Stefanie Murray and Tina Reed, will more often land on pages A1 and A3. Items such as the daily local stocks listing and business briefs will be elsewhere in our main Local section. We no longer will produce a daily business section.
“Our entertainment coverage will be part of our regular pages, instead of the weekly Spotlight tabloid. This means you’ll find Thursday’s local previews, restaurant reviews and features inside an expanded Thursday edition. Further, you can scan complete listings for the Ann Arbor area and the rest of the state online at mlive.com/ann-arbor.
“‘These moves are part of ongoing changes that we’ve written about before,’ said Jim Knight, managing editor at The News. ‘What we do best is cover the local news in our region. It’s what makes our product unique, and we remain committed to meeting that need.’”
Read more here.
Texas paper cuts Sunday standalone business section
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The Corpus Christi Caller Times said Sunday that it would be eliminating its Sunday standalone business section in a cost-cutting measure.
Publisher Patrick Birmingham writes that the paper is also eliminating national stock and mutual fund tables. The paper will continue to run stocks of local interest.
Birmingham writes, “Our Sunday business coverage will consist of two pages, right before the Opinion/Viewpoints pages. We no longer have a standalone business section on Sundays.”
Read more here.
Other papers that have cut their standalone Sunday business sections include the Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City, the Baltimore Sun and the Kansas City Star.
