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Why Warren Buffett is buying newspapers

By Jeff John Roberts May. 17, 2012, 4:08pm 17 Comments

The Oracle of Omaha acquired his hometown newspaper in January and just snapped up dozens more in a $142 million deal. This is supposed to be the fastest declining industry in America. What is Warren Buffett up to? Read More »

Three More Papers Put Up Paywalls, With Some New Twists

By Laura Hazard Owen Sep. 6, 2011, 9:26pm 4 Comments

As more newspapers roll out paywalls, they are looking for new types of content and services to entice readers, and are also turning to new… Read More »

Media General Online Revs Rise; Zillow, Yahoo Help Boost Classifieds

By David Kaplan Oct. 20, 2010, 6:59pm Comments Off

While most of the pickup in online advertising spending this year has occurred on the national level, Media General’s Q3 earnings demonstrat… Read More »

Latest Newspaper Chain To Partner With Groupon: Media General

By Joseph Tartakoff Oct. 13, 2010, 5:00am 1 Comment

Several months after McClatchy partnered with Groupon to promote the daily deal service in many of its local markets, Media General (NYSE: M… Read More »

A Dozen National Broadcasters Align To Create One Mobile TV Network

By Tricia Duryee Apr. 14, 2010, 12:47am 3 Comments

After working together for years through a trade association, a dozen broadcasters are now forming a financially-backed joint venture to dev… Read More »

Media General Posts Profit On (What Else?) Cost Cuts; Digital Revs Climb

By David Kaplan Jan. 28, 2010, 6:53pm Comments Off

Media General followed the newspaper publisher trend of reaching profitability through cost cutting in Q4, as publishing revenues in general… Read More »

Earnings: Media Gen Swings To Q4 Loss; Interactive Revs Rise 10 Percent

By David Kaplan Jan. 29, 2009, 7:34pm Comments Off

Media General (NYSE: MEG) posted a net loss for Q4 of $85.5 million ($3.86 per diluted share) on a pre-tax impairment charge of $130.4 mill… Read More »

Earnings: Media General Reports Higher Q3 Earnings Aided By Politics, Olympics; Narrows Digital Loss

By Staci D. Kramer Oct. 16, 2008, 7:53pm Comments Off

Looks like Media General (NYSE: MEG) reaped the most benefits possible from the politics-Olympics combo in Q3 but it will be a tough perform… Read More »

The Shares Also Rise: Newspapers Spike On Not-Terrible Losses; Digital Growth

By Joseph Weisenthal Sep. 19, 2008, 4:40pm Comments Off

For newspapers, any news that’s not terrible is considered a win… Take NYTCo (NYSE: NYT), which yesterday reported a 14 percent decline in… Read More »

Newspaper Roundup: AP; McClatchy; Media General

By David Kaplan Aug. 21, 2008, 8:09am Comments Off

– AP: As expected, some newspapers are pulling out following the much-discussed rate changes for the co-op. At the same time, even papers g… Read More »

10-Q Watch: McClatchy; Hollywood Media; Media General; Internet Brands; PlanetOut’s Sale Progress

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 11, 2008, 6:23am Comments Off

From our we-kill-ourselves-so-you-don’t-have-to department, the mind-numbing details of some recently filed 10-Qs: – McClatchy: Certain Mc… Read More »

Earnings: Media General Q2 Income In Free Fall; Interactive up 13.7 Percent, But Unit Swings To Loss

By Joseph Weisenthal Jul. 17, 2008, 5:07pm Comments Off

Here’s the latest rough newspaper quarter: Media General (NYSE: MEG) announced Q2 revenue of $204.8 million, a decrease of 10 percent from $… Read More »

Media General Cuts Workforce By Nearly 11 Percent; Online Rev Up 15.5 Percent But Not Enough

Harbinger Nominees Elected To Media General Board

Earnings: Media General Q1 Net Loss Deepens; Revs Slide 11 Percent; Interactive Down

Top Media General Shareholder Gabelli Backs Harbinger Slate

MEG Showdown: CEO Morton: ‘What We Are Is A Content Company’; Harbinger: ‘The Board Has Failed’