Times' 'Metro' Section Consolidated Into A-Section; Renamed 'New York'
This is 'New York'
The Times' B-section is no longer the Metro Section; it's now the Business Section.
And here's Metro's new placement—renamed "New York"—on A21.
Today is the first day that the Metro section merged into the A-section; it comes after Foreign news and National news. Tomorrow, Sports will merge with the Business section.
Read our earlier coverage of the Times' section consolidation.
Add that "change" to its real booboos: hiring Wm. Kristol and its editorial backing of Bloomberg's plan to remain as the city's "indispensible man."
Consolidation of sections is inevetable - it doesn't make a spit of difference to a reader. It saves press machine operations leverage and savings.
Multiple sections are probably going to the wayside or at least reduced Mon-Fri Expect that the weekend will always have x number of sections because these sections are printed well in advance during press down time.