finance


Reflections of a Newsosaur: Fat newspaper profits are history

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 07:32

"To date, most publishers have elected to buttress their profitability as much as possible by attacking the two most elastic expense categories: staffing and paper consumption. But this short-sighted effort may be compromising the quality of the core product to such a degree that it actually may speed the decline of the industry as publishers attempt to transition to a new, more sustainable business model – assuming one is out there."

Continue Reading 1 comment

 Friday, 21 March 2008, 13:02 0

"With the exception of Johnston Press, most of the big newspaper shares – on both sides of the pond – have actually outperformed Google over the past three months."