• Associated Press, Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:17 AM

In yet another sign that newspapers are putting more material up on the Web, The New York Times says that beginning April 4 it will no longer devote a sizable chunk of its daily paper to agate-type stock tables--information that can be just as easily found at any number of sources. Instead, it will post the tables on its Web site.  The print Times will use the newly vacated space for graphs and charts that relate to business and the economy.  "This recognizes the fact that the vast majority of readers now go online to get financial information because we can serve them better that way," New York Times business editor Lawrence Ingrassia said in a telephone interview.  The move will be a cost-saver for the paper's newsprint-buying unit.  Given the Times' leadership position in the industry, observers will be watching to see if other big papers decide to follow the Times' new model for presenting stocks-and-business data.

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