Tim H.

Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game

I work at a Print publishing plant for Gannett. Don't ask about working for them because I never chose too (Company got bought out in 2000 by GCI). Excluding how I feel about Gannett. I can tell you that even in these troubling/downsizing times. We are printing all kinds of commercial print other than just newspapers. Print is changing and downsizing. But there will always be a segment of population that is not tech savvy. That will never have computers etc... Now my timeframe? Well how about my life time (I am 44). The key is finding a business model that keeps the companies if not thriving at least surviving. Case in point: WPO's Kaplan educational services. Newspapers can diversify there company. GCI offers a nice dividend at it's current price (over 5%).