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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	6/26/2006 6:21:52 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 71588

hey where's the Washington Times??

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	6/26/2006 6:24:08 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 71588

never mind I found it

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	12/27/2006 11:27:08 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

McClatchy's Minneapolis Sale Aids Web Efforts By Sarah Ellison Word Count: 775 \| Companies Featured in This Article: McClatchy, Harte-Hanks, Gannett, Tribune One of the biggest believers in the newspaper field sold its largest paper yesterday, as McClatchy Co. agreed to sell the Minneapolis Star Tribune to private-equity firm Avista Capital Partners for $530 million. The price is less than half of what McClatchy paid for the paper in 1998, when it bought the Star Tribune from Cowles Media for $1.2 billion. The value of papers has declined as they face declining readership and a fragmented media environment. "This was not an easy decision to make, but we're still confident about the future," said Gary Pruitt, McClatchy's chief executive, in an interview. ... • THE FULL WSJ.com ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	2/23/2008 12:25:35 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

McClatchy shares fall as industry circulation figures drop Sacramento Business Journal Monday, November 5, 2007 Shares of The McClatchy Co. dropped more than 3.5 percent to a 52-week low in early-morning trading Monday, after new circulation numbers were released for the still-struggling newspaper industry. The Sacramento-based company -- publisher of The Sacramento Bee, The Miami Herald and 29 other daily newspapers -- has been battling declining readership. like most newspapers, for the past few years. Circulation at the newspaper's 20 largest newspapers fell 2.6 percent for the six-month period ending in September, according to an analysis of the 538 daily newspapers that reported figures. Circulation figures for McClatchy's largest newspapers were not immediately released Monday. McClatchy stock (NYSE: MNI) was down 60 cents to $15.75, a 64 percent drop from its 52-week high. sacramento.bizjournals.com ................................................... Friday, January 11, 2008 Circulation drops again at Post, NewsDenver Business Journal - by Mark Harden Denver Business Journal The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News reported sharp declines in their paid circulation Friday, largely due to a cutback in their practice of distributing free or sharply discounted copies to boost sales numbers. In publisher's statements for the two Denver daily newspapers released Friday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), covering April 1 through Sept. 30, 2007, the Post said it sold an average 225,391 copies each weekday during that period, down 12 percent from the average 255,935 weekday circulation it reported during the same period in 2006. The News, meanwhile, said it sold an average of 225,227 copies each weekday during the six-month period of 2007, also down 12 percent from the 255,675 average reported a year before. On Sundays, the Post -- which publishes Denver's only Sunday paper under an agreement with the News -- said it sold an average of 600,229 copies each Sunday during the April-September 2007 period, down 13.5 percent from the 694,053 reported during that period in 2006. The News, which publishes Denver's only Saturday paper, said its Saturday paid circulation dropped 11 percent, to 490,741 in 2007 from 552,567 the year before. The paid-circulation figures include both the print editions and several thousand "electronic editions" sold over their websites. The numbers were almost identical to figures the two papers released via the ABC on Nov. 5 in preliminary "FAS-FAX" reports. However, Friday's reports were the first time the two newspapers revealed the extent to which the steep declines in their circulation numbers were due to cutbacks in the practice of so-called "third party" sales at heavy discounts. They included bulk sales to hotels for free delivery to guests as well as advertiser-sponsored copies delivered free to homes and at large public events. ABC reports third-party sales under a category labeled "other paid circulation," which also includes newspapers distributed through education programs. The new reports show that the Post reduced "other paid circulation" from an average of 117,923 copies on Sundays and 34,569 copies weekdays during 2006 to an average of 56,139 copies Sundays and 13,338 copies weekdays in 2007. At the News, "other paid circulation" reportedly dropped from 79,209 copies Saturdays and 24,084 copies weekdays in 2006 to 14,690 Saturdays and 10,832 weekdays in 2007. Like many newspapers around the country, the Post and News are cutting back on third-party sales, which many advertising buyers say they disregard as largely meaningless, and many publishers now see as overly expensive in the face of rising printing and distribution costs. The Post and News have been jointly published since 2001 by the Denver Newspaper Agency (DNA) under a "joint operating agreement" to share business, circulation and advertising expenses. The two papers operate independent newsrooms. Friday's reports are subject to audit by the ABC, a national agency established by advertisers to verify publishers' circulation claims. Both newspapers also reported reductions in their deeply-discounted home-delivery subscriptions, which are largely a hangover from the days before their partnership when the dailies sold papers for almost nothing to boost circulation numbers. The Post said its current subscriptions at between 25 percent and 50 percent of the basic rates declined from an average 13,433 weekdays in 2006 to 10,581 in 2007. But The Post boosted deeply discounted Sunday sales from 39,818 in 2006 to 44,023 in 2007. The News said it reduced its deep discounts from 36,720 Saturdays and 13,993 weekdays in 2006 to 34,209 Saturdays and 9,536 weekdays in 2007. But even leaving aside these cutbacks in third-party sales and deep discounts, both papers reported circulation drops. Counting only paid sales at 50 percent or more of the basic price, the Post said it dropped 7 percent on Sundays, to an average of 493,939 copies, and 9 percent on weekdays, to 184,875. The News reported a drop in paid sales at 50 percent or more of the basic rate of about half a percent Saturdays, to 430,667, and 7 percent weekdays, to an average of 197,774. In response to these declining circulation numbers, the DNA has sought to draw attention to its "readership" number, including an estimate of all the people who read a "pass-through" copy of the two newspapers. In the new ABC reports, the newspapers report a combined readership figure of 1.3 million at least once a week in their "newspaper-designated market": the seven-county Denver area. But in recent interviews, several Denver-area media buyers for advertisers said the figure that most matters to them is paid circulation, and that readership estimates are unreliable. In a new feature, the publishers' statements included detailed reports on the newspapers' website traffic, covering the month of September 2007. The Post reported 2 million total unique visitors (individuals accessing the website at least once) and 13.7 million page views that month. The News cited 1.3 million total unique visitors and 12 million page views. sacramento.bizjournals.com ....................................... Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Newspaper circulation slippage continuesBusiness First of Buffalo Circulation at the nation's biggest newspapers dropped by an average of 2.6 percent in the latest six-month period and that trend was evident among Western New York dailies as well. The Buffalo News was off 2 percent on Sundays to 262,507 from 267,922 from September 2006 through this past September and down 1.1 percent weekdays to 181,805 from 183,856. The largest area daily did show a 2 percent circulation gain on Saturdays to 185,248 from 181,479. The Niagara Gazette saw sales decline 3.4 percent on Sundays to 33,894 from 35,109 and fall by 4.7 percent to Monday through Saturday to 17,972 from 18,874 in the same period. The year-over-year figures, for the period that ended Sept. 30, comes from the Audit Bureau of Circulation. With more readers defecting to the Internet, many newspapers are launching new measurement techniques that include online readership statistics. sacramento.bizjournals.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	12/8/2008 9:59:45 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Tribune prepares for possible bankruptcy filing: report Monday, December 8, 2008; 6:20 AM NEW YORK (Reuters) - Publisher and broadcaster Tribune Co. is preparing for a possible bankruptcy-protection filing as soon as this week, The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Tribune, the privately held publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, in recent days has hired Lazard Ltd. as its financial adviser and a legal counsel for a possible trip through bankruptcy court, the paper reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The New York Times reported that Tribune hired advisors including Lazard and Sidley Austin, one of its longtime law firms. Messages left with Tribune and Sidley Austin were not immediately returned. Lazard declined comment. The Wall Street Journal said Tribune has been on wobbly footing since last December, when real-estate mogul Sam Zell led a debt-backed deal to take the company private. It said that the company's cash flow may not be enough to cover nearly $1 billion in interest payments due this year, and Tribune owes a $512 million debt payment in June. One of Tribune's most pressing concerns is that the company is likely to be in violation of debt terms that limit borrowings at the end of the year to nine times its adjusted profits, the paper said. The paper said that a restructuring outside of bankruptcy court remains an option for Tribune. It said executives have indicated that its talks with lenders are amicable, and it remains possible the two sides can agree to rework the company's borrowings on their own. Tribune in November reported a third-quarter loss from continuing operations of $124 million, compared with a profit of $84 million in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue fell 10 percent to $1 billion. Tribune, which took on about $13 billion of debt when it went private last year under a deal led by Zell, is trying to sell off properties such as the Chicago Cubs baseball team to pay off its debt. It already sold the Newsday newspaper on Long Island, New York, to Cablevision Systems Corp. (Reporting by Megan Davies; Editing by Leslie Adler & Kim Coghill) washingtonpost.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9667)	12/8/2008 11:04:56 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Audit Bureau of Circulation Six months ending 9/30/2008 Note linked story from two years ago and the declining numbers. Newspaper USA TODAY, WASHINGTON AVG M (M-F) DLY 2,293,310 WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 2,011,999 TIMES, NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) SUN DLY 1,438,585 TIMES, LOS ANGELES (LOS ANGELES CO.) SUN DLY 1,055,076 WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON SUN DLY 866,057 TRIBUNE (T), CHICAGO (COOK CO.) SUN DLY 864,845 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NEWS GROUP, (ALAMEDA CO.) SUN DLY 732,371 NEWS, NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) SUN DLY 674,104 POST, NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 625,421 FREE PRESS (T), DETROIT (WAYNE CO.) SUN DLY 605,369 CHRONICLE (T), HOUSTON (HARRIS CO.) SUN DLY 584,164 INQUIRER, PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA CO.) SUN DLY 556,426 DENVER POST/ ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, (DENVER CO.) SUN DLY 545,442 STAR TRIBUNE, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (HENNEPIN CO.) SUN DLY 520,828 GLOBE, BOSTON (SUFFOLK CO.) SUN DLY 503,659 MORNING NEWS, DALLAS (DALLAS CO.) SUN DLY 483,841 LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPER GROUP, LOS ANGELES CO. SUN DLY 480,838 JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA (FULTON CO.) SUN DLY 464,805 REPUBLIC (T), PHOENIX (MARICOPA CO.) SUN DLY 463,036 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, DENVER (DENVER CO.) SAT M DLY 457,234 STAR-LEDGER, NEWARK (ESSEX CO.) SUN DLY 455,699 NEWSDAY, LONG ISLAND (MELVILLE P.O.) SUN DLY 433,894 POST-DISPATCH, ST. LOUIS (INDEPENDENT CITY) SUN DLY 423,588 PLAIN DEALER, CLEVELAND (CUYAHOGA CO.) SUN DLY 411,061 CHRONICLE, SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANCISCO CO.) SUN DLY 398,116 TIMES, ST. PETERSBURG (PINELLAS CO.) SUN DLY 390,289 POST-INTELLIGENCER, TIMES, SEATTLE (KING CO.) SUN DLY 382,332 JOURNAL SENTINEL, MILWAUKEE (MILWAUKEE CO.) SUN DLY 375,857 MIAMI HERALD/EL NUEVO HERALD, MIAMI CMBD SUN DLY 366,712 SUN, BALTIMORE (INDEPENDENT CITY) SUN DLY 350,640 OREGONIAN, PORTLAND (MULTNOMAH CO.) SUN DLY 344,950 DISPATCH, COLUMBUS (FRANKLIN CO.) SUN DLY 331,977 STAR, KANSAS CITY (JACKSON CO.) SUN DLY 324,837 STAR (T), INDIANAPOLIS (MARION CO.) SUN DLY 321,760 SUN-TIMES, CHICAGO (COOK CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 313,176 SENTINEL, ORLANDO (ORANGE CO.) SUN DLY 307,976 BEE, SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTO CO.) SUN DLY 299,207 REGISTER, ORANGE CO. (SANTA ANA P.O.) SUN DLY 298,410 MIAMI HERALD, MIAMI (MIAMI-DADE CO.) SUN DLY 279,484 INQUIRER (T), CINCINNATI (HAMILTON CO.) SUN DLY 272,703 DEMOCRAT GAZETTE, LITTLE ROCK (PULASKI CO.) SUN DLY 270,477 COURIER-JOURNAL (T), LOUISVILLE (JEFFERSON CO.) SUN DLY 268,942 TRIBUNE & TIMES, TAMPA (HILLSBOROUGH CO.) SUN DLY 258,089 NEWS, BUFFALO (ERIE CO.) SUN DLY 255,369 OBSERVER, CHARLOTTE (MECKLENBURG CO.) SUN DLY 252,300 OKLAHOMAN, OKLAHOMA CITY (OKLAHOMA CO.) SUN DLY 243,379 MERCURY NEWS, SAN JOSE (SANTA CLARA CO.) SUN DLY 241,518 COURANT, HARTFORD (HARTFORD CO.) SUN DLY 234,514 REGISTER (T), DES MOINES (POLK CO.) SUN DLY 219,745 WORLD-HERALD, OMAHA (DOUGLAS CO.) SUN DLY 216,285 TRIBUNE, DESERET MORNING NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY O.) CMBD SUN DLY 211,526 TENNESSEAN (T), NASHVILLE (DAVIDSON CO.) SUN DLY 210,277 NEWS & OBSERVER, RALEIGH (WAKE CO.) SUN DLY 205,654 VIRGINIAN-PILOT, (INDEPENDENT CITIES) SUN DLY 200,457 TIMES-DISPATCH, RICHMOND (INDEPENDENT CITY) SUN DLY 196,271 DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER (MONROE CO.) SUN DLY 196,146 TIMES-PICAYUNE, NEW ORLEANS (ORLEANS PARISH) SUN DLY 194,248 CONTRA COSTA TIMES, WALNUT CREEK (CONTRA COSTA CO.) SUN DLY 189,608 REVIEW-JOURNAL, LAS VEGAS (CLARK CO.) SUN DLY 189,442 JOURNAL, PROVIDENCE (PROVIDENCE CO.) SUN DLY 186,571 HERALD, BOSTON (SUFFOLK CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 167,506 BEE, FRESNO (FRESNO CO.) SUN DLY 166,380 NEWS, BIRMINGHAM (JEFFERSON CO.) SUN DLY 163,825 PRESS-ENTERPRISE, RIVERSIDE CO. (RIVERSIDE P.O.) SUN DLY 160,016 INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY (T), (LOS ANGELES CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 156,882 COMMERCIAL APPEAL, MEMPHIS (SHELBY CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 147,598 TIMES UNION, ALBANY (ALBANY CO.) SUN DLY 143,261 ADVERTISER, HONOLULU (HONOLULU CO.) SUN DLY 142,401 NEWS SENTINEL, KNOXVILLE (KNOX CO.) SUN DLY 137,843 TRIBUNE, SALT LAKE CITY (SALT LAKE CO.) SUN DLY 135,912 HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON (FAYETTE CO.) SUN DLY 128,397 EAGLE, WICHITA (SEDGWICK CO.) SUN DLY 128,195 STATE, COLUMBIA (RICHLAND CO.) SUN DLY 124,374 JOURNAL NEWS, WESTCHESTER CO. (WHITE PLAINS P.O.) SUN DLY 121,754 NEWS JOURNAL, WILMINGTON (NEW CASTLE CO.) SUN DLY 120,079 ADVOCATE, BATON ROUGE (EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH) SUN DLY 117,864 JOURNAL, ALBUQUERQUE (BERNALILLO CO.) SAT M DLY 109,646 MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM, PORTLAND (CUMBERLAND CO.) SUN DLY 100,454 DAILY NEWS, ANCHORAGE (ANCHORAGE BOROUGH) SUN DLY 70,272 abcas3.accessabc.com