Chart: Diversified Media Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Diversified Media sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 14.5% (VIA-B) down to -12.4% (EMMS), with a median value of 8.8%

Note: Normalized net income includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
BLC	Belo Corp.	03/31/06	$371.72	$19.53
5.3%
CBS	CBS Corporation	03/31/06	$3581.80	$236.69
6.6%
CCU	Clear Channel Commun	03/31/06	$1504.38	$85.66
5.7%
DIS	Walt Disney Co.	04/01/06	$8027.00	$806.63
10.0%
DJ	Dow Jones & Co. Inc.	03/31/06	$452.22	$51.02
11.3%
EMMS	Emmis Communications	02/28/06	$84.49	-$10.45
-12.4%
GCI	Gannett Co. Inc.	03/26/06	$1882.54	$221.51
11.8%
HLR	Hollinger Internatio	03/31/06	$102.42	-$1.21
-1.2%
JRN	Journal Communicatio	03/26/06	$189.06	$12.98
6.9%
KRI	Knight-Ridder Inc.	03/26/06	$739.89	$29.35
4.0%
MNI	McClatchy Co.	03/26/06	$282.00	$28.71
10.2%
NWSA	News Corp.	03/31/06	$6198.00	$708.13
11.4%
NYT	New York Times Co.	03/31/06	$831.77	$41.95
5.0%
TRB	Tribune Co.	03/26/06	$1299.08	$144.13
11.1%
TWX	Time Warner Inc.	03/31/06	$10455.00	$1016.88
9.7%
UVN	Univision Communicat	03/31/06	$449.79	$56.33
12.5%
VIA-B	Viacom Inc.	03/31/06	$2367.50	$342.84
14.5%
WON	Westwood One Inc.	03/31/06	$120.77	-$2.14
-1.8%
WPO	Washington Post Co.	04/02/06	$948.28	$83.47
8.8%

Data: CapitalIQ

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