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Industry Moves: Head Of About Health Leaves For Waterfront Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 03:50 PM PST

paidContent has learned that health content vet Marjorie Martin is leaving About.com Health, where she has been SVP and GM, for Waterfront Media. The company is creating a position for…

Newspaper Roundup: NYT; McClatchy; Portland Tribune - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 10:17 AM PST

-- 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…

10-Q Watch: NYTCo: $1.9 Million Invested In QuadrantOne; Newspaper Buy; Epsilen; Debt Rating - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:27 PM PST

Some highlights from NYTCo’s (NYSE: NYT) 10-Q filed this evening: -- QuadrantOne: “In February 2008, the Company invested $1.9 million for a 25% ownership interest in quadrantONE LLC, a consortium…

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S&P: NYTCo Debt One Notch Above Junk; Sees Digital At 15 Percent Of Total Revs In ‘09 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 10:56 AM PST

Some mixed messages from debt rater S&P on the outlook for NYTCo (NYSE: NYT). First, the bad news: the firm downgraded the company’s debt rating to BBB-, which is one…

WSJ Talks Circulation As Murdoch Gains More (Official) Control Over Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 28 Apr 2008 06:24 AM PST

The circulation increases that began before News Corp acquired Dow Jones continue for the Wall Street Journal, according to a bare-bones announcement today timed to match the six-month FAS-FAX numbers…

Lauren Rich Fine On Rupert Murdoch’s Newspaper Addiction - 1 Comment
Posted By Lauren Rich Fine - Wed 23 Apr 2008 03:02 PM PST

Newspaper and internet analyst Lauren Rich Fine retired last year after 19 years with Merrill Lynch. Her post-ML activities include Practitioner in Residence at Kent State University’s College of Communication…

Updated: Sulzberger: NYTCo Not For Sale; Full Board Slate Elected - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:36 AM PST

So Bloomberg isn’t interested in buying it and NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. isn’t interested in selling it. He made the remarks at the company’s annual meeting in…

Mayor Bloomberg On NYTCo Reports: ‘I Am Not A Newspaper Person’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 21 Apr 2008 05:08 PM PST

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg couldn’t have been more blunt about the notion that he would buy The New York Times Company, according to Reuters: “I am not going to go…

The Murdoch Effect: Bloomberg-New York Times Merger Thoughts?; Civic Duty To Save NYT - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 20 Apr 2008 01:20 PM PST

So Newsweek is reporting, though details are very sketchy and preliminary for now: it reports that Michael Bloomberg’s friends are encouraging him to explore the idea of a Bloomberg-New York…

Newspaper Roundup: AP Members Grouse; McClatchy Offers Buyouts; Toronto Star Lays Off Internet Staff - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 17 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

-- 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…

Earnings: NYTCo: Digital Buys Possible; About.com Up 16 Percent Ex-Acquisition; Traffic Up On Search - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:20 AM PST

Pulling out some of the key digital points from today’s NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) earnings release and conference call… CEO Janet Robinson noted that management was in agreement with Harbinger on…

Earnings: NYTCo Q1 Revs Slide 4.9 Percent; Earnings Drop; Online Up 11.6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 05:37 AM PST

A difficult quarter from NYTCo.. the newspaper publisher has announced Q1 revenue of $747.9, down 4.9 percent from $786.0 million in the year-ago period, and below the $752 million that…

High-Profile Buyouts Won’t Save The New York Times From Newsroom Layoffs: Memo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:04 PM PST

Unless there’s a last-minute rush to the exit, the high-profile departures of Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse and others won’t prevent layoffs at The New York Times (NYSE: NYT). The…

Ad Industry Roundup: Google ‘Slap’; IAB; Conference Board; NYT-AfterCollege; ComScore - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 07 Apr 2008 07:27 PM PST

-- The ‘Google Slap’: positive or negative?: The debate over Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) changes to its AdWords program continued to go back and forth last week. Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey…

Newspaper Roundup: Seattle Times; Journal Register; NYT-Google; Washington Post-Pulitzers - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Apr 2008 05:31 PM PST

-- Seattle Times: The Seattle Times Company has announced 200 job cuts at its flagship paper, 131 of which will come in the form of layoffs. Publisher Frank Blethen and…

New York Times CEO’s Total Compensation Down 38 Percent On A Technicality - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:45 PM PST

The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) CEO Janet Robinson’s compensation for 2007 would certainly please the company’s naysayers: she received total compensation valued at $2.1 million in 2007, but got…

Newspaper Roundup: Goodwill Writedowns; Harbinger-NYTCo; Media General Warns - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 24 Mar 2008 07:50 PM PST

-- Lee Enterprises: E&P takes a look at the goodwill writedowns across the newspaper industry, as acquisitions have consistently failed to live up to plans. Every time there’s a goodwill…

quadrantONE Adds All 26 Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Members; NYTCo. Ad Alliance Doubles Its Size - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 20 Mar 2008 07:01 AM PST

The total membership of Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium - 26 publishers, but not all their papers - are joining with the upstart newspaper ad alliance quadrantOne, which was formed…

Newspaper Roundup: NYTCo, McClatchy Post Higher Online Revenue Gains In February - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 18 Mar 2008 06:08 AM PST

-- 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…

NYTCo: Harbinger To Be Reimbursed Up To $250k; Board Salaries $87k-$133k - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 17 Mar 2008 03:25 PM PST

Nothing bank-breaking here, but it’s worth noting some of the numbers behind this morning’s short and sweet announcement that NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) and Harbinger have agreed to settle the score:…

As Online Revs Slow, And A Downturn Begins, Newspaper JVs Expected To Rise: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:55 PM PST

The spate of online media acquisitions over the past few years have so far failed on a number of levels, according to the annual State of The News Media report.…

Updated: NYTCo Settles Proxy Fight With Harbinger; Board To Expand; Activists Get Two Seats - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 17 Mar 2008 09:18 AM PST

The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) company has settled its proxy fight with activist investors Harbinger and Firebrand, and it looks like a straight up compromise: The company will expand…

Updated: Bear Stearns Media Con: NYTCo CEO Presents Case For Keeping Activists Off Board - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 11 Mar 2008 06:51 AM PST

Update: The powerpoint from the presentation is embedded in the extended entry… Had some audio problems in the beginning but tuned in for the heart of the New York Times…

Bear Stearns Media Con: Martha, Murdoch & The Kindle - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 10 Mar 2008 09:09 AM PST

Martha Stewart, Rupert Murdoch and the Kindle from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). If you told me this morning I’d have been able to fit these three into the same post, I’d…

Their Turn: Harbinger Submits Proxy For NYTCo Board Noms; ‘A Message It Can’t Ignore’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 29 Feb 2008 05:15 AM PST

Last week, NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) filed a preliminary proxy with a statement urging shareholders to disregard Harbinger’s proposed board nominees. Now the activist investors have filed their rejoinder. In addition…