US: St. Petersburg Times dropping stand alone business section
Posted by Carolyn Lo on April 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM
During the week, Florida's St. Petersburg Times will drop its stand alone business section but will combine its Sunday business section with the paper's metro section.The paper will have a full page for business news, but will cut its stock listings and use three-quarters of a page for market data, modeled after the Associated Press. The bottom of the market data page will be used for jumps and briefs.
The St. Petersburg Times will also cut its Floridian features section during the week and combine it with the metro section.
The changes is expected to occur with the May 19 paper.
Source: Talking Biz News through LA Times News Alert
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