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Monday, October 06, 2008
No More Separate Metro Section for the NY Times
The New York Times has decided to eliminate a separate Metro section and has moved local city news to the back of the A section.
Alas, the B-section is no more.
And the Metro section has a new name: New York.
The new name is fine. But I liked the Metro section as a separate, easy to grab section. Here's how the Times' described this big change.
Beginning today, The Times is consolidating some sections to increase production efficiency. What was The Metro Section is now the New York part of the main news section Monday through Saturday, after International and National news; New York will remain separate on Sunday. Sports will be in the Business Day section from Tuesday to Friday but will remain separate on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Arts is a separate section all week, including on Saturday. There will be no reduction in any of the coverage.
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Comments
Makes it more difficult for two to share the paper in the morning (those of us for whom Business and Sports don't hold all that much appeal).
Posted by: JanetG | Oct 6, 2008 9:47:27 PM
Maybe it is a good financial (and maybe even "green") move for the NYT, but I will miss my Metro Section..there was something so unique about that section as a standalone..even in today's paper, i guess it was me but it looked a little more homogonized than usual...Before, there seemed to be more of a grit to it, having those first page metro headlnes, plus it was only something that we NYC readers got....Ch-ch-ch-changes...
Posted by: Brooklyn Beat | Oct 6, 2008 12:24:44 PM
