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  • Huffington Challenges Newspaper Peers On Advertising Over Reader Fees by Diane Mermigas
    Arianna Huffington says she will not charge consumers for content, and that her meteoric Huffington Post will rely on interactive advertising and other applications to pay the bills."We have plans for mobile, but no plans to charge for it. Our business model is advertising and marketing, as... More »
    November 22, 2009 • AXELF.PK, NWS, NYT
  • If Vivendi Stalls NBCU-Comcast Deal There Will Be Fallout by Diane Mermigas
    It could just be posturing, but Vivendi (VIVEF) says it is in no hurry to sell its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, which would trigger a $30 billion deal to make Comcast (CMSCA) the majority owner. Even if the transaction does not occur, there will be interesting fallout. Vivendi is in talks... More »
    November 19, 2009 • GE, CMCSA, DIS
  • Comcast-NBCU Could Eventually Lead to Sale of NBC TV Network, Stations by Diane Mermigas
    Don’t be surprised if Comcast (CMCSA) arranges to sell the NBC broadcast network and its TV stations to a third party after announcing plans to buy controlling ownership of NBC Universal as early as next week. Potential buyers for the NBC TV network and its 10 owned TV stations (in the top... More »
    November 9, 2009 • GE, CMCSA, DIS
  • Booking Profits At TYT and GCI by Glenn Rogers
    Gannett Corp. (NYSE: GCI)Originally recommended on Aug. 24/09 (IWB #2931) at $8.16. Closed Friday at $13.22.New York Times (NYSE: NYT)Originally recommended on Aug. 24/09 (IWB #2931) at $8.06. Closed Friday at $10.74. (All figures in U.S. dollars.)When I recommended these newspaper stocks in... More »
    November 2, 2009 • NYT, GCI
  • Gannett Co., Inc. - Undervalued by Value Investor Today
    The #1 reason GCI has been diminishing in market price is due to GOODWILL. In a business purchase, this represents the excess of amounts paid over the fair value of tangible and other identified intangible assets acquired net of liabilities assumed. It is also the amount of market value items... More »
    October 30, 2009 • GCI
  • New Circ Numbers Prove Newspaper Proposition: Less is Less by Ken Doctor
    We knew that USA Today's early word of a circulation plunge -- 17%, announced by Gannett two weeks ago -- would probably be a sick canary in a dark coal mine.Today's semi-annual circulation FAS-FAX numbers for U.S. dailies, though, are still breathtaking. On average, 10.6% down daily and 7.4%... More »
    October 26, 2009 • NYT, NWS, MEG
  • NY Times Ups the Ante with SF Edition by Ken Doctor
    Tired of playing defense and readying itself for offense, the New York Times’ formal announcement of its San Francisco “edition” this week shows us how a world is moving and how the Times and Wall Street Journal (which also will offer an SF edition soon) are taking their battle... More »
    October 16, 2009 • GCI, NYT, NWS
  • GCI - Another Break-Out by James Shaw
    In my August 27 post, I introduced one of our Core Holdings: GCI - the largest US newspaper publisher.After one month of our post, the company announced that its Q3 earnings, excludes one time items, will be in $0.39 - $0.42 range, far more than the $0.28 average estimated.As a result, the stock... More »
    October 1, 2009 • GCI
  • Gannett Co (GCI) deserves a read by Jim Van Meerten
    Financial Tides is a stock newsletter that advocates Momentum Investing. Occasionally a stock comes up on the BarChart screens and we can't figure out why. We might buy it but it will be monitored closely and sold at the first sign of weakness. Gannett Co (GCI) is just such a stock.I've looked... More »
    September 30, 2009 • GCI
  • The Future of the Media Industry According to Paul Graham by David Jackson
    Paul Graham (pictured above) is an essayist, programmer,  programming language designer and partner in Y Combinator.His most recent monthly essay is a must-read for media investors. It begins:Publishers of all types, from news to music, are unhappy that consumers won't pay for content... More »
    September 20, 2009 • NYT, NWS, MNI

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