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  • This Newspaper Company Is Still Solid

    By Nick Chiu - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) is an international media company operating on multiple platforms, ranging from Internet and newspaper to TV stations. Gannett publishes 82 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY, which is the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper.

    Recent development

    For Q1, Gannett reported EPS of $0.44 per diluted share on a GAAP basis as compared to $0.28 for Q1, 2012. Operating income increased $15 million as more »

  • This Industry Isn't Dead Yet

    By Nauman Aly - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    While there may still be some profits left in the dying publishing sector, investors will have to look pretty hard, while also keeping a close eye on developments in new technology that is being adapted to take the place of the old. One way that some of the media companies are working to increase their profits is by shedding underperforming assets -- namely in the publishing arena. But the question is more »

  • Are Newspapers Dead?

    By Robert Ciura - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    The rapidly evolving technology landscape is a discussion usually focused on the market’s biggest tech stocks. However, the way in which consumers receive and utilize media is affecting industries other than just the technology sector. In particular, the newspaper business is at a critical turning point.

    The push for high-profile technology companies to capitalize on the trend towards mobile has been well-documented. Less so, however, is the turbulence surrounding more »

  • It’s Time to Recycle These Two Newspaper Stocks

    By Leo Sun - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: NYT, WPO

    It’s no secret that the newspaper industry is tattered and torn. Newspaper businesses, namely The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) and The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO), have devolved from market dominating heavyweights to battered and bruised flyweights over the past decade. As the Internet has steadily made freely distributed, ad-supported news articles the industry standard, content mills such as Demand Media have made recycling old news into new stories more »

  • Content Is King: The Death of the Advertising Model

    By Nate Wooley - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, NFLX, NYT, WPO

    As part of the digital revolution, the idea that companies can be supported by advertising revenue is dying.

    Before I became a broker, I spent my career in magazines and newsletters. It was a truism then that customers who would pay $40 per year for a magazine – which then had to be supported by millions of dollars in advertising – would pay $2,000 per year for a newsletter – if that more »

  • Irving Kahn is Bullish on This Newspaper

    By Anh HOANG - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    Investors might know from my previous articles, the four biggest holdings of the world’s oldest investment professional Irving Kahn are global pharmaceutical companies and banks including Pfizer, Merck & Co, Citigroup and New York Community Bancorp.

    Besides pharmaceutical and banking industry, he is also invested heavily in the publishing industry. His fifth biggest position is The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT). As of December 2012, Irving Kahn held nearly more »

  • Irving Kahn Is Bullish on This Newspaper

    By Anh HOANG - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    Investors might know from my previous articles, the four biggest holdings of the world’s oldest investment professional Irving Kahn are global pharmaceutical companies and banks including Pfizer, Merck & Co, Citigroup and New York Community Bancorp.

    Besides the pharmaceutical and banking industries, he is also invested heavily in the publishing industry. His fifth biggest position is The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT). As of December 2012, Irving Kahn held more »

  • Why Warren Buffett is Wrong About the Washington Post

    By Leo Sun - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: DMD, NYT, WPO

    As much as I admire everyone’s favorite investor, Warren Buffett, I will never understand his love for newspapers, such as The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO). The Oracle of Omaha has declared that newspapers face three primary challenges:

    • They are no longer the first stop for finding information.
    • They are more expensive to produce.
    • They have given away their content for free online for far too long. 

    Buffett believes that more »

  • This Media Company Is Too Risky, Buy These Alternatives Instead

    By Matthew Frankel - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NWSA, NYT, WPO

    The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has done a great job in recent years of selling off its non-core assets in order to focus on maximizing the core New York Times brand all around the world. However, over the past month or so, shares of the company have begun to look a little too spiky, and I’m a bit concerned. Since early February, shares have popped 22% from the more »

  • What News Company is a Good Pick Now?

    By Anh HOANG - February 26, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    Many investors are staying away from newspaper stocks because the internet has taken away the previously wide moat of the business. However, Jim Cramer has recently turned bullish on The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) after the company announced that it planned to divest the Boston Globe in order to focus on its core business. According to him, The New York Times’ core business was not the print business more »

  • Reading the Newspapers and Media Stocks

    By Nate Wooley - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NWSA, MNI, NYT, WPO

    It's interesting, to me at least, to watch the old grey lady, The New York Times, as it attempts to get out from under The Boston Globe. The initial thought, when the Times bought the Globe, was that a northeast powerhouse newspaper could really gain some synergies. Guess not, given that the price the Times is hoping to get for the Globe is much less than it paid.

    Well more »

  • Is it the End of Times for The New York Times?

    By Leo Sun - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: GOOG, NYT, WPO

    The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is arguably the most well-known newspaper in the United States. Yet the company, as well as many of its dated and fallen industry peers, failed to capitalize on the growth of the Internet and the resulting spread of freely available news from a wide variety of sources.

    Over the past decade, the New York Times has lost 80% of its market value, shedding asset more »

  • Re-Listed Newspaper Company Could Be a Buyout Target

    By Mike Thiessen - February 1, 2013 | Tickers: NWSA, WPO, TRBAA

    On the final day of 2012, Chicago-based Tribune Company (NASDAQOTH: TRBAA) announced that it had officially exited the bankruptcy reorganization process and emerged as a re-listed public company. The announcement is merely the first in a series of anticipated moves that could shed light on the company's future plans. Chief areas of concern include Tribune Company's struggling print media businesses, its ties to the CW television network, and more »

  • Can This Newspaper Publisher Transform Itself into an Online Media Giant?

    By Ted Cooper - January 16, 2013 | Tickers: GCI, NWSA, NYT, WPO

    Regardless of which company you look at, nearly all publishing companies look downright cheap compared to historical performance. That's what happens when an industry is in decline. Newspaper publishers in particular are scrambling to add a digital component to their offerings as a last-ditch effort to save the business. Shareholders of most of these companies would be better served if the company were closed down and liquidated.

    However, it more »

  • When Warren's Wrong

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - December 20, 2012 | Tickers: GCI, NYT, WPO

    Warren Buffett is the investing guru of this century and last century. However, there is one stock he owns that makes me wonder, what was Warren thinking?

    Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) obviously has some sentimental value for him. It's sentimental for me, too as I used to work for them and I loved every single minute of it. But that doesn't make me want to hold the stock more »

  • Warren Buffett’s Favorite Services Stocks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 18, 2012 | Tickers: DTV, MCO, STRZA, WPO, WMT

    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway filed its 13F for the third quarter of the year in November, disclosing many of its long equity positions from the end of September. Sometimes these filings aren’t entirely representative of what a hedge fund or other notable investor currently owns, because of the delay, but because of Berkshire’s longer-term perspective and larger size we think that they are a fairly good representation more »

  • A Change in Gear from Newspapers to TV

    By Shweta Dubey - November 20, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-A, MEG, WPO

    The investing giant Warren Buffett is again creating a buzz in the market with his interest in the newspaper industry. In May 2012, when his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway purchased all 63 newspapers except Tampa Tribune from Media General, it had raised some doubts if Buffett had made the right decision. A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the BH Media Group purchased all newspapers of the Media General group for $142 million more »

  • Time to Short Sell Your Employer?

    By Scott Ryan - November 1, 2012 | Tickers: ANR, MO, APOL, ACI, GE, LOPE, HD, JNJ, LO, MCD, RAI, STRA, WPO

    We have all heard the stories about employees making fortunes through company stock participation.  Tales of millionaires traversing the isles of Home Depot in their orange aprons make participating in company stock an enticing option.  It suggests you don't have to make it to the board room to be rewarded for your service.  It may be tempting to take advantage of such incentives, but whether it is prudent depends more »

  • Is This Paper Boy Running Out of Routes to Run?

    By Ryan Guenette - September 6, 2012 | Tickers: GCI, SSP, NYT, WPO

    Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is an international media and marketing solutions company. The company delivers content and services across several integrated platforms. Gannett’s most widely recognized brands include USA Today and CareerBuilder. Gannett is highly sensitive to the consumer’s needs, and delivers its content through the internet, mobile phones, tablets, print publications, and television stations. The company is simply put a newspaper company with a wide portfolio of other more »

  • Mixed News for Newspapers

    By David Delony - September 2, 2012 | Tickers: GCI, IACI, NYT, WPO

    If you think of journalism, you probably think of The New York Times (NYSE: NYT). If you manage to pick up a paper copy (or more likely, the Times' website, if you haven't used up all your free views before the pay wall comes down) you'll expect to find all the hard-hitting, international and national news, opinion and book reviews the de-facto national paper is known for.

    Investors more »

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