Changes for Chronicle's biz section

In an effort to reduce printing costs, the San Francisco Chronicle will make three changes beginning next week and one involves combining the business and sports sections on Mondays and Tuesdays. On those days, sports will start in the front and business news will begin in the back of the section.
Other changes include printing the Sunday Insight and Books section in a tabloid format and attaching the back of the Classified section to Datebook on Mondays and Tuesdays. Also, columns by two popular Datebook writers - Jon Carroll and Leah Garchik - will move from the last page of Datebook to the second page every weekday.
These changes allow the paper to be printed more efficiently and with fewer presses, which will help cut expenses, according to reports in The Chronicle.
"At a time when newspapers across the country, including the Bay Area, are scaling back, this approach allows The Chronicle to reduce its costs without reducing news space and content for our readers," said Frank J. Vega, publisher and president.
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