In its Saturday edition, when readership is low, The Washington Post is quietly announcing that it’s drastically cutting stock tables and folding daily business coverage into the A section.
Even in the midst of the newspaper crisis, this is an astounding turn of events. Not since the Great Depression has the economy been a bigger story. And not since the days of FDR has the nation’s capital been so focused on finance.
Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli acknowledges that the changes, designed to save money, will give less prominence to business news.
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