Denver Post Dumping Business Section?
Reports are circulating on the web that the Denver Post will drop business as a standalone section in its weekday editions. Financial news would instead move inside the paper's other sections. Business would continue as its own section in the Sunday paper.
A number of American papers have made similar moves in recent years, but the Post would be the largest paper yet.
More as this develops.
 Update: As noted in the comments, Post editor Greg Moore has made it official.
Comments
Submitted by Bill M. (not verified) on Tue, 2008-02-05 12:17.
So, has the Post ever told its readers it would be making this change, or did it just suddenly appear in today's edition? Hmmm, I wonder why newspapers are having so much trouble retaining readership?
Submitted by ohwilleke (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 15:52.
Quite surprising. I find it hard to believe that the move would save much money (maybe one section editor and an assistant?) if the column inches were the same, and I would think it would alienate a great many readers.
Presumably this is somehow connected to the same philosophy that thinks that putting a national celebrity gossip page in the local section makes sense.
Also, one wonders if the column inch statement to the Denver Business Journal is indicative of declining attention to the section in the first place. It has been thinning out for some time, first with the justified elimination of a full run of stock quotes every day, and then with the dilution of the section with lifestyle type stories.
Submitted by Andy Bosselman (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 15:20.
It's official. Greg Moore told DBJ: ""Believe it or not, the column inches devoted to business news will be close to the same."
The article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/02/04/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
Submitted by Lisa (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 13:43.
The time is ripe for a new Cervi's Journal in Denver.
Submitted by Marling (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 12:55.
This blog posting is insightful on the demise of the newspaper industry overall. Good read. http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2008/01/whats-really-wr.html#more
Submitted by Sustainabler (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 11:52.
Sad news. I always admired Paul Krugman's observation that
"Often you can find the best reporting on what's really going on in the business section, because business reporters and commentators are not expected to view the world through rose-colored glasses."
Along these lines, I continue to enjoy The Economist for its news reporting.
Submitted by Andy Bosselman (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-04 11:15.
"...history shows that no company under siege ever merely cut its way to recovery.
What's really wrong with newspapers
Jon Talton 1/31/08
http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2008/01/whats-really-wr.html
