NYT Cuts Stock Listings
The International Herald Tribune, which by the way is owned by New York times, reports that the NYTimes is to stop printing stock listings, due to the abilities the readers now have to get updated quotes on the web.
Well, let me just say three letters: W... T... F!
Whilst I can see how the New York Times can see this as an effort to save the forest (by using less dead tree stuff, aka. 'paper'); and I can understand that stock listings on the web is in some manners better than full-page listings in print.
However, let me run you down a few scenarios, shall I?
- I'm old. I think the internet is the same as teletext. I'm still a person, however, and I want to know how my Enron-shares are doing...
- I want a good, comprehensive overview on how different economical sectors are fairing. Instead of tracking down each and every quote on the web, I like to find them neatly ordered in a list!
- I'm a Windows-user, so my PC cannot stay alive long enough for me to actually find the quotes.
I'm a NO2, myself. And if the IHT follows the example of its owner; I'm sure as hell going to demand my money back for my subscription!
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