New York Times CEO was paid $4.9 million in 2009

2010-03-16T12:32:55Z

<div id="subtitle">New York Times CEO got a compensation package worth $4.9 million in 2009</div><div><p>New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson got a compensation package worth roughly $4.9 million in 2009, according to an Associated Press

city island after party

2010-03-13T17:16:34Z

Andy Garcia and Ocean Drive Magazine Publisher Courtland Lantaff 'City Island' after party held at the Conrad Hotel Miami, Florida - 12.03.10

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Google, Italy agree massive book scanning project

2010-03-10T10:16:25Z

<div><p>Google said Wednesday it had reached agreement with the Italian culture ministry to scan up to a million books housed in the national libraries of Rome and Florence.</p><p>"Google will cover the costs of scanning all these works and will set up a scanning centre in Italy," making them available on its Chef Art Smith and Intern Travis Jones Niche Media's Michigan Avenue Magazine Celebrates Their March Issue Chicago, Illinois - 03.03.10

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Judge approves MediaNews parent's bankruptcy plan

2010-03-04T17:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Owner of MediaNews and its 54 daily newspapers gains approval of bankruptcy reorganization</div><div><p>A bankruptcy judge approved Affiliated Media Inc.'s reorganization plan Thursday and freed the publisher of the San Jose Mercury News and 53 ot...

Summary Box: MediaNews parent to exit Ch. 11

2010-03-04T15:34:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Owner of newspaper publisher MediaNews gets approval of bankruptcy reorganization</div><div><p>EXITING BANKRUPTCY: Affiliated Media Inc., the holding company for newspaper publisher MediaNews Group, won approval from a U.S. bankruptcy judge for its reorganization plan. That puts the company on track to emerge fro...

Morris Publishing out from bankruptcy protection

2010-03-02T09:15:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Morris Publishing emerges from bankruptcy protection, owners retain control of company</div><div><p>Morris Publishing Group said Tuesday that it has emerged from under bankruptcy protection.</p><p>A judge last month approved a prepackaged debt restructuring for the Georgia-based publisher of 13 daily newspapers,...

Washington Post quarterly net profit up four-fold

2010-02-24T10:17:14Z

<div><p>The Washington Post Co. reported a more than four-fold rise in quarterly net profit Wednesday, as cost-cutting helped reverse newspaper division losses despite sinking print advertising revenue.</p><p>The Post Co., which owns Kaplan educational services and cable TV operations in addition to New York Times Co.'s board at end of April</div><div><p>A shareholder activist who joined the New York Times Co.'s board of directors two years ago will relinquish his seat at the end of April.</p><p>The newspaper publisher disclosed USA Today forcing all of its workers to take 1 week of unpaid leave to help save money</div><div><p>USA Today is forcing its staff to take an unpaid week off to help the nation's second largest newspaper cope with a persisting ad slump.</p><p>The newspaper's nearly 1,500 employees must take a one-week furlough between Feb. 28 and July 3, USA Tod...

Summary Box: Better 4Q, murky outlook for NY Times

2010-02-22T10:16:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Dim outlook overshadows NY Times Co.'s highest quarterly profit since mid-2007</div><div><p>EARNINGS SOAR: The New York Times Co.'s fourth-quarter profit more than tripled to $90.9 million, the newspaper publisher's highest quarterly earnings since mid-2007.</p&...

NY Times Co. 4Q profit triples as ad slump eases

2010-02-22T10:22:46Z

<div id="subtitle">New York Times Co. rides cost cuts, slower ad slide to highest quarterly profit since mid-2007</div><div><p>The New York Times Co. posted its highest quarterly profit in 2 1/2 years as the advertising drought eased at the end of 2009 and a steadily shrinking work force saved the newspaper publisher more money.</p><p&am...

Movers roundup: McClatchy, Meritage Homes

2010-02-22T11:09:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Movers roundup: McClatchy shares drop after bond pricing, Meritage Homes slides on downgrade</div><div><p>Among the stock activity stories for Friday, Feb. 5, from AP Financial News:</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. shares jump after 2Q profit as 'Avatar,' advertising pull up 2Q results</div><div><p>News Corp. shares jumped Wednesday, after "Avatar" ticket sales and TV advertising lifted the media conglomerate's fiscal second-quarter financial results.</p><p>The stock rose 89 cents, or 7 percent, to $13.65 in afternoon tra...

Gannett's 4Q improves as cost cuts offset ad woes

2010-02-22T13:02:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Gannett reverses 4th-quarter loss as newspaper ad slide eases; stock still falls 7 percent</div><div><p>Gannett Co. posted its largest profit of the year in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting efforts were aided by a lessening decline in advertising sales. But shares of the biggest U.S. newspaper publis...

Earns Gannett

2010-02-01T06:48:47Z

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, a USA Today newspaper box is shown outside a restaurant in Charlotte, N.C. Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, said Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, it turned a profit in the fourth quarter, helped ...

Books pulled from Amazon.com in pricing dispute

2010-02-22T13:17:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Publisher Macmillan's books pulled from Amazon.com in pricing dispute</div><div><p>New copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic s...

SuperMedia gets junk bond rating on $2.75 bln loan

2010-02-22T13:29:07Z

<div id="subtitle">SuperMedia gets junk bond rating on $2.75 bln loan</div><div><p>A credit ratings agency on Friday assigned a junk bond rating to a $2.75 billion loan taken out by SuperMedia Inc., the second largest U.S. publisher of yellow pages directories.</p><p>Media General deliver 4Q profit despite drop in revenue</div><div><p>Newspaper publisher and TV station owner Media General Inc. said Thursday that cost cutting helped it turn a profit for the fourth quarter despite falling ad revenue.</p><p>The company's shares were up 66 cents, or 7.9 percent, to $8.97 in a...

Taiwan pushes e-books but lacks Chinese content

2010-02-22T13:56:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Taiwan companies push e-book readers but lack Chinese-language content</div><div><p>Taiwan leads the world in development of readers for the fast-growing electronic book market, but when it comes to satisfying the e-appetites of the island's highly literate population, it seems distinctly pre-digital.</p><p>The problem: A gaping lack of appealing Chin...

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