Comments on: How Will Print Media’s Financial Problems Affect Its Coverage? http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/29/how-will-print-medias-financial-problems-affect-its-coverage/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:35:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: dscott http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/29/how-will-print-medias-financial-problems-affect-its-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-123025 dscott Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:33:36 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/29/how-will-print-medias-financial-problems-affect-its-coverage/#comment-123025 Bahaha, you'll love this: http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-close-to-default-is-your-paper.html The Default O Matic from above article: http://bp3.blogger.com/_EkLOPCrR0fc/SF_rAZvxHKI/AAAAAAAAARw/lFv4OpVIrjw/s1600-h/defaultomatic.6.08.jpg Back to the NYT, a nice one year graphic of their Class A stock price, notice the election year bounce from the primaries are all but gone: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NYT#chart8:symbol=nyt;range=1y;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> This nicely puts the whole of the NYT finances in perspective: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=NYT What I find interesting is the ROE of the NYT: http://biz.yahoo.com/p/727conameu.html How do they manage to keep the ROE up to 10.19%, the Price to Free Cash Flow at -37.47% and a net profit margin of -0.04%? Is the NYT literally eating itself alive? Bahaha, you’ll love this: http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-close-to-default-is-your-paper.html

The Default O Matic from above article: http://bp3.blogger.com/_EkLOPCrR0fc/SF_rAZvxHKI/AAAAAAAAARw/lFv4OpVIrjw/s1600-h/defaultomatic.6.08.jpg

Back to the NYT, a nice one year graphic of their Class A stock price, notice the election year bounce from the primaries are all but gone:
HERE

This nicely puts the whole of the NYT finances in perspective: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=NYT

What I find interesting is the ROE of the NYT: http://biz.yahoo.com/p/727conameu.html
How do they manage to keep the ROE up to 10.19%, the Price to Free Cash Flow at -37.47% and a net profit margin of -0.04%? Is the NYT literally eating itself alive?

]]> By: dscott http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/29/how-will-print-medias-financial-problems-affect-its-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-123022 dscott Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:54:11 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/29/how-will-print-medias-financial-problems-affect-its-coverage/#comment-123022 I would say then the NYT is going to have a problem with creditors being more wary about losing their money. The AT was pointing out some problems a while ago regarding violating provisions of bond holders. http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/pinch_sulzbergers_achilles_hee.html **see update before fully drawing conclusion. 1st Qtr 2008 earnings in the crapper: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/new_york_times_q1_earnings_rev.html 4th Qtr 2007 earnings: http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2008-01/artikel-10006796.asp nice run down on adverstizing dollars. 3rd Qtr 2007 earnings: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_23/ai_n27416312 2nd Qtr 2007 earnings in the crapper: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=1030554&highlight= Yes Tom, the economy is in recession, i.e. two full consecuative quarters...for the MSM. cut backs, down sizing, lay offs... all the classic signs. I smell the blood in the water. I would say then the NYT is going to have a problem with creditors being more wary about losing their money. The AT was pointing out some problems a while ago regarding violating provisions of bond holders. http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/pinch_sulzbergers_achilles_hee.html **see update before fully drawing conclusion.

1st Qtr 2008 earnings in the crapper: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/new_york_times_q1_earnings_rev.html

4th Qtr 2007 earnings: http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2008-01/artikel-10006796.asp nice run down on adverstizing dollars.

3rd Qtr 2007 earnings: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_23/ai_n27416312

2nd Qtr 2007 earnings in the crapper: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=1030554&highlight=

Yes Tom, the economy is in recession, i.e. two full consecuative quarters…for the MSM. cut backs, down sizing, lay offs… all the classic signs. I smell the blood in the water.

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