(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview

Earnings Preview 10/14/11

While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500.

Thus, by the end of the week we...

(NYT) Publishing Stock Outlook – June 2011 – Industry Outlook

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This downturn followed a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news online for free, making the print-advertising...

(ABC) Publishing Industry Outlook – February 2011 – Industry Outlook

The publishing industry had long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, which was exacerbated by the global economic meltdown. This reflected a longer-term secular decline as more readers get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model increasingly...

(ABC) Publishing Industry Review and Outlook – July 2010 – Industry Outlook

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the...

(ABC) Publishing Industry Outlook – April 2010 – Stock Review

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the...

(WPO) The Washington Post’s Newsweek to Offload Budget Travel

Newsweek, a division of The Washington Post Company (WPO), a diversified media and education company, recently announced that it has agreed to sell Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine to...

(WPO) The Washington Post Company Cuts Costs

The Washington Post Company (WPO), a diversified education and media company, recently announced that it would close its bureau offices in New York , Los Angeles and Chicago effective Dec 31, 2009, in an effort...

(NYT) Job Cuts at New York Times

The New York Times Co. (NYT) announced another round of cuts in its headcount amid the secular and cyclical slowdown in print advertising. The company plans to trim newsroom staff by 8% or nearly 100 jobs by the end of the year through buyouts or layoffs.

Previously...

(MNI) McClatchy Company Beats on Cost Cutting

Amid the secular and cyclical slowdown in print advertising, McClatchy Company (MNI), the third largest newspaper company in the U.S. and the publisher of 30 daily newspapers including the Miami Herald and Sacramento Bee, reported third-quarter 2009 results.

McClatchy...

(SSP) Publishing Industry – Industry Outlook

Publishing Industry in Crisis – Business Model Lags Changing Times

The sinking economy is forcing many publishing houses to the life-support of bankruptcy after a long illness. The eight-year deceleration in print advertising, fueled by a secular...