Chart: Diversified Media Companies - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Diversified Media sector ranged from 86.4% (MNI) down to 9.3% (NYT), with the median for the group at 43.0%.

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			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
BLC	Belo Corp.	03/31/06	$371.72	$223.22
60.0%
CBS	CBS Corporation	03/31/06	$3,581.80	$511.20
14.3%
CCU	Clear Channel Communications Inc.	12/31/05	$1,756.59	$1103.14
62.8%
DIS	Walt Disney Co.	12/31/05	$8,854.00	$1161.00
13.1%
DJ	Dow Jones & Co. Inc.	03/31/06	$452.22	$276.17
61.1%
EMMS	Emmis Communications Corp.	02/28/06	$84.49	$19.53
23.1%
GCI	Gannett Co. Inc.	03/26/06	$1,882.54	$807.46
42.9%
JRN	Journal Communications Inc.	03/26/06	$189.06	$80.92
42.8%
KRI	Knight-Ridder Inc.	03/26/06	$739.89	$308.73
41.7%
MNI	McClatchy Co.	03/26/06	$282.00	$243.77
86.4%
NWSA	News Corp.	12/31/05	$6,665.00	$2194.00
32.9%
NYT	New York Times Co.	03/31/06	$831.77	$77.68
9.3%
TRB	Tribune Co.	03/26/06	$1,299.08	$652.59
50.2%
TWX	Time Warner Inc.	12/31/05	$11,887.00	$5115.00
43.0%
UVN	Univision Communications Inc.	12/31/05	$513.55	$326.87
63.6%
VIA-B	Viacom Inc.	12/31/05	$2,723.70	$1360.20
49.9%
WON	Westwood One Inc.	12/31/05	$146.98	$51.60
35.1%
WPO	Washington Post Co.	01/01/06	$948.72	$450.94
47.5%

Data: Capital IQ

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