PERSONS.(Ann Hoffman appointed at JournalNews and Middletown
Journal, Calkins Media appoints Michael White, Frank Barrows of
Cha
Publisher: At the JournalNews of Hamilton, Ohio, and the nearby
Middletown Journal, Ann Hoffman has been named publisher; she will
continue as publisher of Cox Ohio's weekly newspapers. . . .
BRIEFS.(internet advertising revenue forecasts, Hollinger
International Inc. settles suit against directors for illegal payments
* Internet ad predictions revised upward: The on-line commerce
analysis firm eMarketer Inc. said last week that it expects that
on-line advertising revenue will rise almost 34 percent in 2005, . . .
WPO HAS 12% GAIN IN NET INCOME IN Q1.
Continuing large gains in its education division helped The
Washington Post Co. to post a 12-percent gain in net income, to $66.6
million, for the first quarter of 2005 when compared to the same . . .
CIRC LAWSUITS JUST KEEP ON COMING.
Fallout from last summer's circulation scandals continued in
recent weeks, as advertisers in Milwaukee sued their hometown paper
claiming the paper had fudged its circulation numbers for almost . . .
U.S. DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRC DOWN 1.9%; ONLY 29% ADDED NEW READERS
Latest ABC report says Sunday circulation even worse: down 2.5%.
Monday's release of the Audit Bureau of Circulation's
semi-annual report on newspaper distribution indicated that U.S. daily
circulation dropped 1.9 percent and Sunday circulation dropped . . .
PERSONS.(Cox Newspapers appoints Brian Cooper, Oakland Press
appoints Kevin Haezebroeck, Fayetteville Observer appoints Brian To
Executive suite: At Cox Newspapers in Atlanta, Brian Cooper has
been named executive vice president; previously he was chief operating
officer of Cox Ohio Publishing and general manager of the . . .
INTERNET ADS UP 33%, TO $9.6B, OVER 2003.
A survey released last week says that sales of Internet advertising
went up 33 percent, to $9.6 billion, when comparing 2003 to 2004, and
that the total exceeded the previous high-water mark set in . . .
ABC NOW HAS 500 READER REPORTS.(Audit Bureau of
Circulations)
Turning a significant milestone in publisher acceptance, the Audit
Bureau of Circulations said last week that with the release of a Reader
Profile report for The Oregonian of Portland, it now . . .
NEWSPAPER EXECS MAKE WELL-PAID LIST.
In the latest of its well-known lists about money and people, last
week Forbes magazine released its enumeration of the 500 highest paid
top executives of publicly traded companies. The list . . .
DAILIES LAUNCH NEW PRODUCTS.(daily newspapers)
Growth of niche and other non-daily products continues unabated,
certainly illustrated in recent weeks by four start-up announcements
from publishers all around the country.
Next Saturday the . . .
NEWSPRINT MAKERS CONTINUE TO HAVE FINANCIAL WOES Big 3 N.
American all post Q1 losses, though "special items' help
out.(Abitibi-
A weak U.S. dollar and the on-going need to maintain equipment saw
two of the three largest North American newsprint makers -- both based
in Canada -- continuing once again to have a loss in their . . .
PERSONS.(Hearst Corp. appoints Jack Condon, Daily Telegram
appoints Paul Heidbreder, Fulton County Daily Report appoints Mischel
Executive suite: At The Hearst Corp. in New York City, Jack Condon
has been named senior vice president of finance at the newspaper
division; previously he was chief operating officer at . . .
JUSTICE SEES NO MONOPOLY IN SEATTLE.(Department of Justice.
Antitrust Division investigation on Seattle Times and Seattle
Post-I
Late Friday afternoon the anti-trust division of the U.S. Justice
Department said that it had closed an investigation into the
22-year-old agreement between the Seattle Times and the . . .
DJ TO DOWNSIZE EUROPEAN, ASIAN PAPERS.(Dow Jones and Company Inc.
plans new format for Wall Street Journal)(Brief Article)
Jumping on the compact-newspaper bandwagon, Dow Jones said last
week that it would downsize the European and Asian editions of the Wall
Street Journal.
Broadsheet papers throughout Europe and . . .
LIBERTY SOLD TO ANOTHER INVESTMENT FIRM.(Liberty Publishing Group
Inc., Fortress Investment Group L.L.C.)
The former community newspaper division of Hollinger International
Inc. changed hands again last week, as the Fortress Investment Group
LLC of New York City said it was merging one of its . . .
KRI STARTS BERKELEY FREE DAILY.(Knight-Ridder Inc. starts East
Bay Daily News)
Leveraging the proximity of existing operations along with its
recent acquisition of a company that specializes in free dailies -- in
college towns no less -- Knight Ridder last week started the . . .
AD DROUGHT CONTINUES IN APRIL; NO MAY FLOWERS Some publishers
point to Easter's 2005 date shifting to March.(newspaper
advertisi
While April showers may bring May flowers, the newspaper
advertising drought seemed to persist last month, with the first six
companies reporting generally parched results. Many of the . . .
PERSONS.
Gannettoids: At Gannett Co. Inc., Barbara Henry has been named
senior group president of the newly formed Interstate Newspaper Group;
she will remain publisher and president of the Indianapolis . . .
BRIEFS.
* Gannett to buy back $1b in shares: The board of Gannett said last
week that it had authorized the company to buy back an additional $1
billion in common stock, which will supplement its October . . .
Q1 EARNINGS: PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE EXPECTED Heartland papers doing
OK; metros, coast-siders, not do so OK.(financial results of Ga
Newspaper publishers and multimedia companies began reporting on
first quarter 2005 results last week and the story is pretty much the
same as we've been hearing for almost a year: those who . . .
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