Joseph Tartakoff
Oct 21, 2010 6:49 PM
For nearly a year, A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC) has said it would test some sort of pay wall plan at one of its papers. After repeated delays, it’s finally doing so—but not quite in the way people expected. Rather than provide print subscribers with free online access and charge other…
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David Kaplan
Jul 26, 2010 8:14 AM
AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) came pretty close to reversing its net loss as revenue declines continued to abate in Q2. But the improving ad market only went so far for the Dallas Morning News publisher. The same was largely true for its newspaper peers last week. Digital revenue for the…
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David Kaplan
Apr 2, 2009 8:48 AM
A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC) (NYSE: BLC) CEO and chairman Robert Decherd has issued a new around of cost-cutting measures across its four newspapers, including wage reductions and suspending contributions to employee pension plans, Dallas Morning News reported (via Romenesko). The company, which owns the DMN and Rhode Island’s Providence Journal,…
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David Kaplan
Feb 17, 2009 1:29 PM
As he said at the UBS media conference in December, AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) (NYSE: BLC) CEO Robert Decherd touted the publisher’s membership in the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium as the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal advertising season and outlook. In particular, Decherd is particularly hopeful about…
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David Kaplan
Feb 17, 2009 9:04 AM
Newspaper publisher AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) (NYSE: BLC) posted a $33.1 million ($1.62 per share) net loss in Q4, narrowing down from last year’s $343.6 million ($16.80 per share). Revenues for the quarter declined 15 percent to $160 million. The fall was naturally attributed to diminishing ad revenues, both on…
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David Kaplan
Oct 31, 2008 8:49 AM
Newspaper companies used to be able to count on their internet units as a bright spot. Not anymore. AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) (NYSE: BLC), the newspaper half of the old Belo Corp., saw its online revenues drop for the second consecutive quarter, as internet ad dollars fell 19 percent to…
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David Kaplan
Sep 10, 2008 10:04 AM
—AP: Identifying one more nail in the AP’s heart, BuzzMachine’s Jeff Jarvis notices that New Jersey’s Star-Ledger has put out a paper without any content from the wire service. The old syndication model is too costly for newspapers and is dying, Jarvis argues. In its place, Jarvis says a “reverse…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 28, 2008 7:29 AM
Following Friday’s report from sibling broadcaster Belo Corp. the newly separate AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) newspaper publisher reported earnings this morning: The publisher of the Dallas Morning-News and two other papers said revenue in Q2 fell a steep 15 percent to $163.3 million, as ad revenue was down 21 percent.…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 22, 2008 10:00 PM
ResponseLogix, a provider of lead response services for the online automotive industry, has raised an $8 million first round led by RP Partners and Shasta Ventures along with sister firms A.H. Belo (NYSE: BLC) Corporation and the Belo Corp. The SF-based startup, which launched last year, claims that online auto…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 28, 2008 8:19 AM
The steady stream of rough newspaper earnings continues with AH Belo (NYSE: BLC), the newspaper half of the old Belo corp., which reported Q1 revenue of $150.2 million, down 8.7 percent from $175.7 million last year. The net loss actually narrowed slightly, to $8.7 million from $9.4 million, although this…
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