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Media General: Making ProgressAmit Chokshi • Thu, Mar 22, 2012
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More Good News for Media General (MEG)John Bethel • Wed, Jun 21, 2006
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Meryl Witmer Likes Media General and So Do We (MEG)John Bethel • Mon, Jun 19, 2006
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Top 5 Stocks With Insider Buys Filed On September 25 To ConsiderMarkus Aarnio • Wed, Sep 26, 2012 -
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Media General's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Oct 17, 2012
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Media General Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jan 28, 2010
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Media General, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Oct 16, 2008
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Company Description
Media General, Inc. (the Company) is a leading provider of proprietary local news and information over multiple media platforms in leading small- and mid-size communities throughout the Southeastern United States. The Company owns three metropolitan and 20 community newspapers and 18... More
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Wednesday, April 24, 12:44 PM
Midday top 10 gainers: RSOL +31%. NOR +27%. BKI +26%. BYD +18%. IRBT +15%. CHCI +14%. RVLT +13%. FXEN +12%. TRQ +12%. LL +12%.
Midday top 10 losers: VOCS -37%. VLTC -24%. EW -23%. UIS -23%. DV -21%. CCCL -15%. MCOX -14%. MEG -14%. SCON -13%. MACK -13%. Comment! [On the Move] -
Thursday, December 27, 2012, 5:46 PM
After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: MEG +14%. DIOD +4%. AKS +2%. AVEO +2%. VIXM +2%.
After-hours top losers: NGL -4%. MHO -3%. KRO -3%. ERII -2%. TVIX -2%. Comment! [On the Move] - Monday, December 10, 2012, 12:11 PM Media General (MEG +0.7%) signs a new affiliate deal with NBCUniversal covering eight stations across eight different states. Under the terms of the deal, the NBC affiliates will pay a variable fee which is dependent on monthly retransmission revenue and subscriber counts. Comment! [Consumer]
- Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:33 AM Local TV stations could the big beneficiary of a tight presidential election with ad spending on campaigns expected to rise 25% compared to two years ago, according to a report from Moody's. A new trend this year is a higher focus on PAC and corporate spending toward "causes" instead of candidates. Picks to see a political season earnings boost: SBGI, MEG, NXST, GTN. Comment! [Consumer, Quick Ideas]
- Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 9:24 AM Media General (MEG) CEO Marshall Morton plans to retire at the end of the year after seven years in the job and 23 years at the company. Morton will be replaced by George Mahoney, who is VP of Growth & Performance and has been at Media General since 1993. (PR) Comment! [Consumer]
- Monday, July 2, 2012, 8:47 AM Media General (MEG) announces a number of operational changes that will align the company more directly as a pure-play television broadcaster. The new structure will divided the company into two geographic regions focused on its 18 network TV stations, casting newspapers to a back seat. Comment! [Consumer]
- Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 2:01 PM A number of newspapers companies trade higher after News Corp. says it will consider splitting off its publishing business and sector name Gannett (GCI +5.5%) is initiated with an Outperform rating by Imperial Capital. Advancers: LEE +9.1%, NYT +3.2%, MNI +2.0%, MEG +2.1%. Comment! [Consumer]
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:23 PM Media General (MEG -3.7%) takes a hit from a two-notch downgrade to Underperform at Imperial Capital Imperial Capital this morning, citing high leverage and limited free cash flow problems. The firm also lowers its price target to $3.50 from $4.00. 2 Comments [On the Move]
- Thursday, May 17, 2012, 11:11 AM Media General (MEG) surges 41% following news of Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) purchase of most of MEG's stable of newspapers and the $445M of debt that Berkshire's making available. The flagship Tampa Tribune is not included in the deal. Comment! [M&A, Consumer]
- Thursday, May 17, 2012, 8:21 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) agrees to pay $142M to acquire most of Media General's (MEG) newspapers, including 63 daily and weekly titles in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. Berkshire also takes a 19.9% stake in Media General as part of a deal to provide the firm with a $400M term loan and a $45M revolving credit line. (PR) 4 Comments [M&A, Consumer]
- Monday, April 9, 2012, 10:11 AM Media General (MEG) -1.7% after it warns of a 15% fall in digital revenues in Q1 and an 8%-9% decline in print revs as it copes with higher publishing costs and a weak ad market. However, Media General did forecast a 12%-13% increase in broadcast revenue. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
- Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:18 AM Media General (MEG) +4.8% premarket after it says it is exploring a sale of its loss-making newspaper operations and has received inquiries from several third parties regarding the potential purchase of some print assets. MEG had a long-term debt of $665M on its books as of Sept. 25, 2011, and has posted a loss in seven of its last eight quarters. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Friday, January 27, 2012, 4:25 PM Shares of newspaper publisher and broadcaster Media General (MEG -22%) were hammered today after the company warned on its conference call that it is "uncomfortable with its ability to remain in compliance" with the terms of its loans. The company is seeking to renegotiate terms with its creditors within two weeks. If a solution can't be found, the company faces the possibility of bankruptcy. Comment! [On the Move]
- Thursday, January 26, 2012, 8:22 AM Media General (MEG): Q4 EPS of $0.20 misses by $0.34. Revenue of $167.7M (-11.6% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, January 23, 2012, 11:40 AM Data Explorers observes short interest starting to build again in Netflix (NFLX): "The percentage of shares outstanding on loan has risen by 38% over the past month to 12%. It is still half the level of two years ago... but could denote a weight of increased bearish sentiment." Data Explorers' top five in shorts outstanding: ESI, MDP, URI, VPRT, MEG. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Friday, September 2, 2011, 3:59 PM Media stocks slid a day after the Newspaper Association of America said ad spending fell 7% in Q2. Spending on print ads declined for the 20th straight quarter, dropping almost 9%. Online ad spending rose for the sixth straight quarter, but still totals less than one-sixth print's total. GCI -6.8%, NYT -5.3%, MNI -3.2%, MEG -1.9%. Comment! [Consumer]
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jimmy4winners
$MEG media general broadcast not effected by economic slowdown media cell phone plat form looks good"digital news online - View all 0 replies
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Saibus Research
Why Warren Wanted Confidential Treatment for Berkshire's Lee Enterprise shares. http://seekingalpha.com/a/ou1l $LEE $BRK.B $MEG $GCI - View all 0 replies
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freefdawatchlist
http://bit.ly/SNycwr Premarket Gainer and Loser for Nov 5th: $BMRN, $NTE, $EQU, $SF, $MAPP, $MEI, $MEG, $RDN - View all 0 replies
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Saibus Research
Lee Enterprises: Berkshire Likes Lee And So Do We http://seekingalpha.com/a/jx27 $LEE $BRK.A $BRK.B $GHSE.PK $MEG - View all 0 replies
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Investor 2012
MEG announced today they have sold their last newspaper asset for next to nothing - $2mm in net proceeds. http://bit.ly/VQHlVc - View all 0 replies
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jimmy4winners: MEG - as a 10 stock the long term chart before 2007 the company traded above 60.00 a share,above 10 will spark a breakout upside
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jimmy4winners: Mario Gabelli has increase his firms holdings 3% of MEG maybe be some news soon
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DAG1996
MEG the good news just keeps coming ... should have a three or four-bagger on my hands by this time next year http://bit.ly/Q012c3 - View all 2 replies
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DAG1996: just realized i should clarify my "three or four-bagger" comment ... i started buying at $2 so i didn't mean it would go 3-4 times from here
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Saibus Research
Revisiting Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Portfolio $BRK.A $BRK.B $GCI $LEE $MEG $WPO http://seekingalpha.com/a/hdlz - View all 0 replies
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jimmy4winners: MEG - as a 10 stock the long term chart before 2007 the company traded above 60.00 a share,above 10 will spark a breakout upside
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jimmy4winners: Mario Gabelli has increase his firms holdings 3% of MEG maybe be some news soon
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DAG1996
MEG the good news just keeps coming ... should have a three or four-bagger on my hands by this time next year http://bit.ly/Q012c3 - View all 2 replies
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DAG1996: just realized i should clarify my "three or four-bagger" comment ... i started buying at $2 so i didn't mean it would go 3-4 times from here
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DAG1996: of course that depends a lot on how the rest of the market does through year end
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Michael Bryant
"Buffett buys 63 US papers for $142m" from Media General (MEG). Not bad, about $2.25 million/newspaper. http://on.ft.com/Km0AxT - View all 1 replies
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Michael Bryant: At say $365/year, each paper must sell 6000 newspapers, about the size of a small town.
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DAG1996: "dead money" comes back to life on this morn's news: "Berkshire Hathaway acquires most of Media General's newspapers & takes a 20% stake"
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DAG1996: moving on news that debt is renegotiated so the main roadblock is covered now: http://reut.rs/GEnbDc
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DAG1996: goof feedback, thanks - i'm looking to hold it long-term expecting them to grow over the years so i plan to stage into a large position
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