Sac bee to fold biz section into a new section called "Our Region"

The early speculation turned out to be true.
The Sacramento Bee confirmed that it will move its daily business section into "Our Region," which replaces the current metro and business sections.
The Bee's top editor, Melanie Sill, recently explained to readers that the change is not part of a reduction in business coverage, but instead it will provide room for expansion.
Here's an excerpt from Sill's letter to readers:

"Some readers will reject this change out of hand. The new section will have to prove itself, and I'm confident it will. Business stories will join other local reports on the cover, and Business will claim several pages (including an updated stocks report) inside Our Region.A growing list of newspapers across the country have dropped business sections or combined them with other coverage.One reason is that papers have stopped publishing comprehensive stock listings, which took two to four pages, on average. With the stocks gone, the sections seemed much thinner – even when local coverage didn't diminish. Our Business section often is just four pages. With Our Region, as with other changes we'll share in the next two months, The Bee is aiming to add depth as well as breadth."

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