-- McClatchy: North Carolina papers The News & Observer of Raleigh, and The Charlotte Observer are asking hundreds of staffers to accept buyouts. The News & Observer hopes at least…

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-- Gannett: Another ugly month from Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which says revenue fell 12.3 percent in July, compared to 2007. Publishing ad revs fell 16.7 percent. The hollowing out of…

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-- AP: As expected, some newspapers are pulling out following the much-discussed rate changes for the co-op. At the same time, even papers getting a rate break are looking at…

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When newspaper companies released their quarterly earnings for the past two years, the news tended to follow this arc: circ, print ad revenues tended to be down, while online kept…

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It’s only slightly less worse than the layoff news that’s been plaguing the newspaper industry lately: The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) is implementing a one-year wage freeze starting Sept. 1.…

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Online media buying and planning platform operator Centro is going to announce it has bought once-storied local newspaper online rep firm Real Cities from The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI). Terms…

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-- Sun-Times Media Group: The Tribune Company’s Chicago rival is outsourcing its print and online classified ad sales to New York-based Classifieds Plus. The effort is part of a $50…

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From our we-kill-ourselves-so-you-don’t-have-to department, the mind-numbing details of some recently filed 10-Qs: -- McClatchy: Certain McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) internet properties are in decline. Last month, the company confirmed that it…

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The McClatchy Company’s (NYSE: MNI) financial struggles only seemed to deepen in Q2, as Gary Pruitt, the publisher’s chairman and CEO, pinned the weakening economy and the shift from print…

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Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which has a big budget to do digital M&As, is buying out the rest of local sales info site ShopLocal, from the other partners Tribune and McClatchy…

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In the aftermath of McClatchy’s (NYSE: MNI) big layoff announcement, attention naturally turns to top management, and its culpability for the state of affairs. Despite the continued decline in the…

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Citing a “difficult advertising market” newspaper publisher McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) says it will eliminate about 1,400 positions through voluntary and involuntary means. That comes to about 10 percent of the…

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-- Gannett: Blaming the dismal ad market, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has two pieces of bad news for investors: one, it write down the value of its assets by $2.3 billion…

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-- NYT: Internet ad revenues for the New York Times Co.’s (NYSE: NYT) News Media Group grew 25.6 percent as both display and classified remained healthy, especially compared to April…

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-- NYT: Voluntary buyouts weren’t enough to stave off layoffs in the NYT newsroom. In a staff memo posted on Romensko, NYT Editor Bill Keller says that the goal of…

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Continuing a trend… McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) has announced Q1 revenue of $488.3 million, a 13.8 percent decline from $566.6 million. Net income, on a continuing basis, was crushed, falling to…

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-- AP: Newspaper editors let loose a barrage of criticism for the new Associated Press rate structure after an appearance by AP President and CEO Tom Curley at the American…

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-- NYTCo: During a month where its now settled battle with activist shareholders heated up over online investments, internet ad revenues for the New York Times Company’s (NYSE: NYT) News…

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When it comes to behavioral targeting, the prevailing ethos among marketers and ad agencies is “what consumers don’t know, won’t bother them.” As a long NYT piece on the subject…

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McClatchy has announced another large writedown, having already taken a $1.37 billion charge for Q3… this time it’s for $1.39 billion in goodwill and another $166.6 million in impairments to…

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Some fresh data for the first month of the year from a handful of newspapers… Note that two of them, Media General (NYSE: MEG) and Gannett (NYSE: GCI), have announced…

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Following up on this morning’s pre-market earnings report, Gary Pruitt, The McClatchy Company’s (NYSE: MNI) chairman, president and CEO, outlined the Sacramento, CA-based newspaper publisher’s recent troubles and hopes during…

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The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) showed some positive signs as it continues to struggle with the circulation and ad woes that plague the newspaper industry at large. In contrast to…

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-- Chicago Tribune: The Tribune Company-owned paper is ceasing weekday print classifieds as it seeks to cut costs and better integrate its web listings with CareerBuilder and the paper’s Sunday…

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Belo: The Dallas-based media company’s board of directors has approved the spin-off of Belo’s (NYSE: BLC) TV and newspaper units into separate businesses. The plan was announced in early October.…

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