PERSONS.(appointments in newspaper publishing)
Executive suite: At Dolan Media Co. of Minneapolis, Mark Stodder
has been named vice president for newspapers; previously he was
publisher of the Daily Reporter in Milwaukee. Earlier in his . . .
BRIEFS.
*Hollinger execs make pitches: Presentations to potential bidders
for some or all of Hollinger International Inc. started last Thursday,
Hollinger executives were quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times . . .
STRONG CLASSIFIED, NATIONAL SOUP UP NEWSPAPER EARNINGS Eleven of
14 public companies report; only a few unhappy stories.
With a couple of notable exceptions -- hello Tribune, hello Scripps
-- the results of 11 of the 14 companies we track that came in last
week were impressive. Most showed strong gains in . . .
PERSONS.(appointments and retirements)
Retiring, yes; wallflowers, no: At The Gazette of Colorado Springs,
Colo., Thomas Mullen has said he will retire from the paper in the
fall; he has been publisher since 2000. Earlier, Mullen was . . .
BRIEFS.(Hollinger leans toward single sale)(Hearst to appeal
Seattle ruling)
*Hollinger leans toward single sale: Reports out of Europe and
Canada last week seemed to indicate that major shareholders in
Hollinger International Inc. were leaning toward the idea of . . .
NEWSPAPER TITLES TRADE HANDS.(mergers and acquisitions)
Even as the end of the first quarter was in the rear-view mirror,
mergers and acquisitions continued apace in the newspaper business last
week.
James McGinnis, a former principal in Murphy . . .
EARNINGS EXPECTED TO GO UP.(newspaper publishing
industry)
Wall Street analysts who focus on the newspaper business seemed
last week to be the definition of the phrase "cautiously
optimistic."
With the 2004 first quarter earnings reports of the publicly . . .
PAPERS ADD DAYS, TAKE 'EM AWAY.
Publishers around the country have been rethinking the issue of how
many issues they publish a week, with some adding editions while others
took them away.
For papers in Iowa and Pennsylvania, . . .
NATIONAL DAILIES FOUND TO HAVE 3-4 READERS PER COPY ABC-verified
studies show USA Today, N.Y. Times have greater pass-along.(Aud
Recent research indicates that while national daily newspapers get
a significantly higher pass-along rate, it's the papers from
smaller cities that get large percentages of their community . . .
PERSONS.(appointments)
Executive suite: At Cox Newspapers Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., Roger
Kintzel has been named senior publisher; previously he was publisher of
the company's flagship Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Earlier . . .
BRIEFS.(Black to sell stake in Hollinger)(AdStar's finances
relatively healthy)(Trade group sets up on-line job bank)
*Black to sell stake in Hollinger: The Canadian holding company
that theoretically controls Hollinger International Inc. (HLR) said
over the weekend that it would raise as much as $C211 million . . .
GANNETT GOING UP WITH CAPTIVE TV SYSTEM.(Brief Article)
A company that provides "quality programming and advertising
on television screens" in office building elevators has been
acquired by Gannett Co. Inc.
The McLean, Va.-based Gannett said last . . .
4.6 MILLION L.A. HOUSEHOLDS GET PRE-PRINTS.(Los Angeles Times
advertising service)(Brief Article)
A new delivery system has been put into place by a division of the
Los Angeles Times that now allows advertisers to reach about 4.6 million
Southern Californians every week with pre-prints and . . .
NEWSPAPER ON-LINE EFFORTS GAIN NEW MOMENTUM; REVENUE UP Papers
start new products; survey says on-line readers attractive.
New products, increased revenue, increased page views and revealing
insights about on-line newspaper readers coalesced last week to
indicated that newspaper new media efforts are gaining momentum . . .
PERSONS.(appointments)
Executive suite: At Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Todd
Carpenter has been named president and chief operating officer; he will
remain publisher of Mississippi's Natchez Democrat and . . .
BRIEFS.(Tribune Co.)(Metro International)(Morris Publishing Group
LLC)(Brief Article)
*Chicago Tribune to get press upgrade: The Tribune Co. said on
Friday that it had contracted with MAN Roland to upgrade 10 presses at
the company's Freedom Center printing facility in North . . .
NYT, WSJ EXTEND BRANDS TO NEW MARKETS.(New York Times Co., Wall
Street Journal)
Two of the country's most prestigious newspapers moved last
week to extend their brands -- one further into television and Europe,
the other into book publishing.
The New York Times said on . . .
TWO PUBLISHERS JUGGLE CREDIT.(Dow Jones & Co. and Tribune Co.
)
Both Dow Jones & Co. and Tribune Co. chatted with the credit
markets last week, one being a positive conversation and the other
not-so-much.
Standard & Poors Rating Services followed up on . . .
COURT RULES IN SEATTLE TIMES' FAVOR.
A
state appeals court overturned a local judge's ruling that the
Seattle Times couldn't count losses it incurred during a labor
strike as part of a stop-loss provision of its joint . . .
FEBRUARY'S LAST LEAPS.(monthly financial results of Belo
Corp. and Knight Ridder)
Bringing up the rear on February results are the last two publicly
traded companies that report monthly results; one with good news and
one with not-so-good news. By the numbers:
*Belo Corp.: . . .
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