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Earnings: WaPo Swings To Profit; Paper’s Online Revs Down
By David Kaplan
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The newspaper profit trend stumbled a bit this past few days, but thanks to the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), the industry can end on… Read more »
Scarborough: WaPo And Gannett Dominate Local Newspaper Audiences
By David Kaplan
When it comes to attracting local readers, WashingtonPost.com ranks higher than any other newspaper website in the country, according to Sca… Read more »
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WaPo’s Brauchli: Evaluating Online Fee Options ‘Prudently’
One question that inevitably comes up these days when a top newspaper exec talks online with readers: How can I pay you for online news? (Of… Read more »
Slate Launches Female-Focused DoubleX; More Cerebral, Less Jezebel
By David Kaplan
Slate’s latest blog, the female-focused DoubleX, launched earlier today with an immediate fire across the bow at Gawker Media’s women’s ente… Read more »
In Today’s News About News: Google, Google, Google, NYT, Geffen, WaPo, Google
This just in … Google (NSDQ: GOOG) didn’t buy a stake in The New York Times Co.. (NYSE: NYT) Neither did David Geffen. Google wasn’t shopp… Read more »
Earnings: WaPo Cuts Net Loss In Half; Online Revs Down 8 Percent
By David Kaplan
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) narrowed its net loss in Q1 to $19.5 million ($2.04 loss per share) for its first quarter ended Marc… Read more »
Some Suggestions For The AP, Care Of The Music Industry
By Rory Maher
Here we go again. Another major content creator is threatening to sue internet companies after years of having them nip at its heels by repu… Read more »
Washington Post Offers Another Buyout; Graham Raises Bar For Acquisitions
By Joseph Tartakoff
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Dues To Pay: A Look At Newspaper Chains' Exposure To Unions
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Earnings Recap: Lessons From This Week's Results
By Rory Maher
Another week of earnings is behind us — what have we learned? Mainly that newspapers are still in deep trouble and that the cable business… Read more »
Industry Moves: Peggy White Joins Slate Group As Publisher Of Women's Spinoff Double X
paidContent has learned that Peggy White, the former GM of *Yahoo* Finance and BusinessWeek, is joining The Slate Group as publisher of its… Read more »
Earnings: Washington Post's Profit Drops 77 Percent; Display Ads Up 10 Percent
So what if the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is continuing its $2.15 dividend, unlike the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) and Ganne… Read more »
Interview: Jacob Weisberg, Chairman, Slate Group: Breaking Out Of The Beltway
Time was, Franco-U.S. relations stopped at “freedom fries.” But Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is wiping the slate clean — the Slate.f… Read more »
Slate Launches French Edition, More Coming In Europe?
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Newspaper Roundup: Gannett; AH Belo; WaPo
By David Kaplan
– Gannett’s debt edges toward junk status: Moody’s Investors Service, which recently relegated the NYTCo’s debt to junk status, has put Gan… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: AH Belo; NAA; WaPo; McClatchy; Landmark
By David Kaplan
– AH Belo to cut 500 jobs: And by the way, the Dallas Morning News publisher won’t be covering reporters’ parking fees in downtown Dallas a… Read more »
Industry Moves: WaPo Picks Two Managing Editors To Speed Print-Online Newsroom Merger
By David Kaplan
Two people will share the title of managing editor at The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) , as the paper tries to tie the print and online newsr… Read more »
Media On Media: ForeignPolicy.com Under WaPo; Hatchet On HuffPo
By Rafat Ali
The winter holidays are over, sadly, though even more sadly, things look a lot bleaker going into the new year, including media and, media a… Read more »
Washington Post, Baltimore Sun Will Share Some Sports, Maryland Coverage
Another sign of how newspapers and other media outlets are trying to change models in tough times … In one of the highest-profile examples… Read more »
WaPo Digital-Print Integration: The Fast Track
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Industry Moves: Jim Brady Leaving WashingtonPost.com
The dominoes continue to fall at the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) … Jim Brady, executive editor of WashingtonPost.com, is leaving the paper… Read more »
No Magic Potion For Ailing Newspapers, But A Cocktail Of Remedies Might Help
By David Kaplan
The notion that a number of U.S. cities could be without a local daily newspaper within two years has quickly approached the level of conven… Read more »
Industry Moves: WaPo’s Graham Joins Facebook’s Board
By David Kaplan
Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) chairman and CEO Don Graham has joined Facebook’s board. It might seem odd for a social net like Facebook to tap… Read more »
Newsweek Taking The Plunge: Cutting Staff; Trying To Be the Opinion Driver A La The Economist
By Rafat Ali
Newsweek, owned by the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) group, is taking the hard but necessary steps of trying to reinvent itself and keep its r… Read more »
@ UBS Media Week: Graham: Would Borrow For Great Asset But Wouldn’t Drown Company In Debt
Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) chairman and CEO Don Graham says the company will look at every opportunity “that walks in the door.” Keep the w… Read more »
Industry Moves: Former Newsweek President Osberg Appointed CEO Of Mobile Video Start-Up Buzzwire
By Dianne See Morrison
Greg Osberg, former president of Newsweek, has resurfaced. Four months after leaving the magazine, he is stepping into the role of chief exe… Read more »
Industry Moves: WaPo Appoints Ravindran As New Chief Digital Officer; Leading New R&D Team
By Rafat Ali
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has created a new position of chief digital officer, and has named Vijay Ravindran; he will start in… Read more »
Industry Moves: WaPo Veteran Grayer Retiring As Kaplan CEO
By David Kaplan
Jonathan Grayer is resigning as chairman and CEO of the *Washington Post* Company’s Kaplan Higher Education unit after 17 years in the role.… Read more »
Industry Moves: Kangaroo; Nielsen; CNNMoney; Newsweek; OWN; WWB; FierceMarkets; Incisive; GFM
– Project Kangaroo: *CBS* Interactive’s longtime CTO and SVP Mark Kortekaas has joined Project Kangaroo, a UK VOD platform similar to Hulu,… Read more »
Earnings: WaPo Profits Plummet 85.8 Percent; Online Revs Grow 13 Percent
By David Kaplan
The newspaper business has been suffering for a while, and that’s the part that pulled down The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company’s Q3 ear… Read more »
Time Inc. Preps ‘Two-Year’ Plan To Get Through Rough Economy; Newsweek Tries To ‘Reimagine’ Itself
By David Kaplan
With Time Inc.’s print ad revenues trending downward and digital growth likely to miss the company’s expected 53 percent gains, chairman and… Read more »
Industry Moves: Newsweek; LIN TV; MySpace; Spotzer
– Newsweek: The *Washington Post Co*. mag has named Pamela Raley, a former online ad sales exec at Hearst, *Disney* and Revolution Health,… Read more »
Washington Post Company Buys Foreign Policy Magazine
By Joseph Weisenthal
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) isn’t just an for-profit education company, as it’s still making moves to bolster the media side. To… Read more »
On Big Day, Slate Launches ‘The Big Money’
By Joseph Weisenthal
A business site that appeals to non-traditional readers: Hot concept, not so easy to pull off. See Mainstreet.com, the pop-money spinoff fro… Read more »
Industry Moves: LA Times; Politicker; 24/7; Glam; About.com
– LA Times: Having operated without an ad sales head since February, the LA Times has appointed a new EVP and chief revenue officer, Scott… Read more »
Not The Typical Quarter: Newspaper Websites’ Revenue Growth Interrupted In Q2; Slowdown Continues
By David Kaplan
When newspaper companies released their quarterly earnings for the past two years, the news tended to follow this arc: circ, print ad revenu… Read more »
Earnings: Washington Post Q2; Publishing In Steep Decline; Cable And Education Still Strong
By Joseph Weisenthal
The cable industry has had a strong quarter all around, and the Washington Post’s (NYSE: WPO) cable unit was no exception, helping total gro… Read more »
Newsweek’s Publisher Greg Osberg Leaving For Digital Media
By Rafat Ali
Newsweek, owned by The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), is seeing more upheaval: Greg Osberg, president and publisher of the news weekl… Read more »
WaPo Under Brauchli: Online And Print Integration Key; Fear Of Layoffs
By Rafat Ali
To integrate or not to integrate, that will be the biggest question facing Marcus Brauchli when he arrives at The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO… Read more »
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