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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…

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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…

About.com CEO Scott Meyer To Leave - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Feb 2008 11:13 AM PST

Scott Meyer, the CEO of About.com, part of New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), is leaving by next week, our sources say, and has been confirmed by the company. His…

The Quadrant Goes Collective: Newspaper Ad Alliance Picks Sides - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 27 Feb 2008 08:34 AM PST

We hear that NYC-based online ad network Collective Media has won a bid to power quadrantONE, the online newspaper advertising alliance backed by The Tribune Company, Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Hearst…

10-K Watch: NYT’s Digital Dreams; About.com Continued Exposure To Search - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Feb 2008 08:28 AM PST

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), in the middle of a fight with its activist investors, has filed its annual report 10-K with SEC, and not much in it’s…

Media General Also Says No To Harbinger Nominees - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 26 Feb 2008 06:13 PM PST

Harbinger’s move against Media General (NYSE: MEG) hasn’t got as much attention as its efforts at The New York Times Company, in part because the group hasn’t been upping its…

Ad Industry Roundup: Microsoft; Kelsey Group; NYT; Blinxx/Denuo; Forrester; WPP; About; EA; Turner - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 26 Feb 2008 04:18 PM PST

-- Microsoft To Test Ad Effectiveness Tool: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will begin beta testing a new measurement tool called “Engagement Mapping” next month. Instead of linking sales, leads and traffic…

Updated: NYTCo Activists Hire Proxy Firm; Meeting With Board Noms - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 26 Feb 2008 11:44 AM PST

Preparing for an April 22nd showdown with the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT), the activist investors led by Harbinger have hired well-known proxy solicitation firm DF King to help press their case,…

Updated: NYTCo Activists To Disclose Bigger Stake: Report; Stake Now At 19.03 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 25 Feb 2008 07:38 AM PST

The activists seeking changes at NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) will disclose another round of share purchases later today, according to the WSJ. As of their last filing, Harbinger and its partners…

New York Times Launching Its Mobile-To-PC Content Sharing Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Sun 24 Feb 2008 10:00 PM PST

The New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT). is launching a service today called ShifD that sends your content to the cloud to make it easily accessible from your computer, phone…

Friday Afternoon Filings: NYTCo Insiders; CNET Activists Trade Shares - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 22 Feb 2008 04:14 PM PST

No fireworks, but a few SEC filings this evening at a pair of companies dealing with activist investors: -- CNET: Some intra-party trading going on here: In this filing, Jana…

Updated: NYTCo Urges Shareholders To Disregard Harbinger’s Board Nominees; Stake Now At 15.6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 21 Feb 2008 02:40 PM PST

No shocker here… NYTCo (NYSE: NYT), faced with an aggressive group of activist shareholders looking to add members to its board, is urging its shareholders reject the proposed slate. From…

Up Again: Activist’s Stake In NYTCo Inches Higher; Now At 11.82 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 19 Feb 2008 08:51 PM PST

It’s still not clear how the activist investors—Harbinger and its affiliates—agitating for changes at NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) are going to accomplish their goals. But in the meantime, they keep incrementally…