a nationally read paper capable of being leveraged in the online market. |
Ad revenue growth in February and March, boosted by the early Easter, was the strongest we have seen since the first quarter of 1998. Our focus on operations, with emphasis on cost control and margin improvement, is clearly paying off. |
Although business started to revive a couple of weeks after the terrorist attack, the initiation of bombing in Afghanistan caused another slowdown, ... Our ultimate performance will be contingent upon resumption of more normal business patterns. |
Although recruitment and real estate have remained strong all year, we did not see the hoped-for turnaround in auto in August, |
As promised, we delivered a very strong earnings-per-share (excluding nonrecurring items) performance in 1998, ... We did this in a year where not everything was going our way, which demonstrates our ability-and commitment-to tight management despite soft revenues in key markets. |
As promised, we delivered a very strong earnings-per-share (excluding nonrecurring items) performance in 1998. We did this in a year where not everything was going our way, which demonstrates our ability-and commitment-to tight management despite soft revenues in key markets. |
Dealing with a drummer isn't that much different from dealing with someone from IT. |
Despite flat revenue, we beat the Street's consensus (earnings forecast) by 2 cents and faced by far the stiffest advertising comparisons of the year. |
Despite flat revenue, we beat the Street's consensus (earnings forecast) by two cents and faced by far the stiffest advertising comparisons of the year. |
For those 12 newspapers that are being sold, the uncertainty is not over, and I regret that very much. |
I honestly do not know who is the likely buyer. |
I'm not sure there's anybody who had more knowledge of the community or was better connected than Harry. He knew every politician of his day and had a good working relationship with them. |
In all of the cities where we have newspapers, we run the business. |
Our jobs, always, have been to publish great newspapers and online services, and we have done that very well, ... It is important that we continue to do so in the weeks and months to come. Indeed, a big part of all of our jobs will be to stay focused. Nothing could be more critical to the best outcome of the process we're now in than that we run our businesses well. |
strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including the possible sale of the company. |