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NYTCo: Focused On Cost Cuts, Digital Growth, And Maybe A Prudent Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 10 Jun 2008 07:16 AM PST

Straight from the “world’s largest climbing wall”, as they were introduced, a panel led of senior executives led by CEO Janet Robinson talked strategy at the Deutsche Bank Media &…

Lauren Rich Fine On Tribune’s Changes And The Newspaper Industry - 1 Comment
Posted By Lauren Rich Fine - Tue 10 Jun 2008 06:07 AM PST

The Tribune announcement to measure journalists based on their productivity and move to a 50-50 ad-news ratio came midway through the Florida Press Association’s annual meeting, in which I participated.…

Newspaper Roundup: Gannett; NAA; McClatchy - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:17 PM PST

-- 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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Tribune’s Lean Approach: Analysts Fret, But Neuharth Applauds - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 08 Jun 2008 11:14 PM PST

Analysts may be fretting over the new model newspaper outlined last week by Tribune CEO Sam Zell, but Al Neuharth, perhaps the last person who truly revolutionized newspapering, likes what…

WSJ To Sever Ties With Breakingviews; Selling Its Minority Stake? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jun 2008 08:26 PM PST

The Wall Street Journal, now part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is going to stop carrying the long running Breakingviews daily opinion columns in its paper, reports Guardian. WSJ Europe…

Not The Newspaper As You Know It: Tribune Plans Vast Changes, Cutting Pages, Jobs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 06 Jun 2008 06:34 AM PST

The financial situation at the Tribune Co. is worse than we thought, Sam Zell, the company’s CEO, told investors during a conference call. So, expect a series of vast changes,…

Interview: Lem Lloyd, VP, Yahoo’s Newspaper Consortium: Reticent On Results, But Wait For AMP - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:35 AM PST

Despite a little hint from Staci about the need to start sharing some real results from the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium, Lem Lloyd, the Yahoo VP in charge, maintained…

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Expands; Results Hard To Gauge - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 04 Jun 2008 06:13 AM PST

The Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium continues to expand, adding 94 more U.S. papers from a variety of publishers including the Sun-Times News Group, Black Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and…

He Said, She Said On WaPo’s Local Online Experiment - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 03 Jun 2008 08:57 PM PST

An interesting case study in WSJ today about Washington Post’s (NYSE: WPO) local site LoudounExtra.com, and its relative inability to gain an audience at the local level. It’s been nearly…

More Pain For Newspapers: Walmart.com Testing Free Classifieds Powered By Oodle - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:13 AM PST

Because it can undercut the newspapers, Craigslist has been characterized as the Wal-Mart of classified ads… Well, now Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is looking to be the Wal-Mart of classifieds. Walmart.com…

@ WAN: ‘Newspapers A Growth Business’? Reports Of Demise Exaggerated? Probably Not - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 02 Jun 2008 08:00 AM PST

But that’s the spin World Association of Newspapers (WAN) CEO Timothy Balding tried to put on the state of the business in a keynote here at Gothenburg. ”They say that…

@ WAN: Newspaper Business Frets Over Digital In Sweden - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 01 Jun 2008 05:05 PM PST

I arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden, this evening, where the Scandinavian climate is unexpectedly balmy and some 500 newspaper industry execs have gathered for the World Association of Newspaper’s (WAN) annual…

What Slowing Growth? Local Website Revs Set To Rise 50 Percent In ‘08: Borrell - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 29 May 2008 09:03 AM PST

Online ad revenues may be getting squeezed by the law of large numbers and the dismal economy, local media sites are still expected to thrive this year, rising 50 percent…

Updated: TiVo Partners With Chicago Tribune To Deliver Critic’s Picks; Will Offer Movies From Disney - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 May 2008 05:43 AM PST

TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has announced a partnership with the Chicago Tribune that will allow TiVo subscribers to automatically record the recommendations of TV critic Maureen Ryan. Right now it’s a…

Belgian Newspapers To Google: Pay Us $77M For Indexing Our News - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 07:41 PM PST

Put it that way, it does sound absurd, though of course a very small amount for Google: the Belgian newspapers’ association Copiepresse is asking Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to pay up…

Media General Cuts Workforce By Nearly 11 Percent; Online Rev Up 15.5 Percent But Not Enough - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 22 May 2008 09:46 PM PST

By the beginning of Q3, Media General (NYSE: MEG) says it will have dropped the equivalent of 750 full-time jobs from its payroll—saving an estimated $40 million—and added 60 in…

The Future Of New York Times, In Situ - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 22 May 2008 09:10 PM PST

Robert Scoble went to the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) R&D lab (run under Michael Zimbalist) and did a bunch of videos about the various products, services and devices the…

Goldman Internet: NYTCo.’s Nisenholtz: The Rise Of Social Nets Squeezing Prices - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 21 May 2008 09:27 AM PST

Janet Robinson, president and CEO of the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), gave the audience at Goldman Sach’s Internet Conference an overview of the company’s “strides” on the digital…

Thomson Named DJ Editor-In-Chief, WSJ Managing Editor; DJ Head Hinton Adds Publisher Title - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 20 May 2008 03:37 PM PST

The Murdochization of the Wall Street Journal is complete: publisher Robert Thomson is ceding that role to Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton and switching roles officially to managing editor of…

Newspaper Roundup: NYT; Boston Globe; Gannett; Seattle Times; McClatchy; WPNI - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 May 2008 12:58 PM PST

-- 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…

.Fox Networks Aims Investment-focused Ad Net At Latin America - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 May 2008 05:27 AM PST

Today’s latest ad network launch comes courtesy of Fox International Channels’ .Fox Networks, which has formed Worthnet.Fox, a vertical ad net focused on financial news and investment advice online. At…

Lee Enterprises Takes $722 Million Charge On Pulitzer Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 15 May 2008 07:38 AM PST

Back in March, newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) warned that it would take a $500-$700 million non-cash hit related to its $1.4 billion purchase of Pulitzer in 2005. We’d…

Journal Register Shareholder Wants To Invest $25 Million In Company— If Lenders Restructure - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 14 May 2008 12:10 PM PST

Newspaper publisher Journal Register (OTCBB: JRCO) is veering close to bankruptcy. The stock, which fell from the NYSE to the bullet boards, currently trades at just $.19 per share, and…

Earnings: UK’s Johnston Takes Big Investment To Off-Set Ad Declines, Debt - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 14 May 2008 01:49 AM PST

Debt-ridden UK regional news publisher Johnston Press is buying (or rather, selling) itself a financial lifeline in the struggling regional classifieds market by taking a £212.3 ($414 million) investment from…

It’s Official: Cablevision Confirms Newsday Acquisition; Acquiring 97 Percent For $632 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 12 May 2008 05:04 AM PST

As expected, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has won the Newsday-stakes, and will acquire 97 percent of the Tribune-owned paper for $632 million. Tribune will get another $18 million related to prepaid…