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Time Warner Beats Q4 Estimates

by Peter Kafka on Feb 8, 2012 • No Comments

Media giant Time Warner turned in a Q4 report card that beat Wall Street's expectations, generating adjusted earnings of $0.94 per share on revenue of $8.2 billion. Analysts had expected $0.87 per share and $8.1 billion. Revenue was up 5 percent on the year.

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Virgin Media Profits As On-Demand Viewing Grows

by Robert Andrews on Feb 8, 2012 • No Comments

UK pay-TV and broadband telco Virgin Media clocked its first annual profit in 2011, as its TV set top boxes continued to be an engine of video on-demand viewership.

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McClatchy Beats Earnings Forecasts, Touts Digital Investments

by Jeff Roberts on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments

McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) Company’s fourth quarter operating earnings beat analysts’ predictions, while the newspaper chain also reported an overall boost from investments in online properties like Cars.com and Apartments.com.

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Uneven E-book Growth Sees Lagardere Book Sales Slim

by Robert Andrews on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments

Global holiday-quarter books revenue dipped by 3.8 percent at Hachette operator Lagardere Publishing despite booming western e-book sales, the Lagardere group reported, as it warned it would write off almost €1 ($1.3/£0.83) billion against other group activities.

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NYT Co Sees Drop In Earnings But 20% Rise In Digital Subs

by Jeff Roberts on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

Higher online circulation was a small bright spot in an otherwise gloomy earnings report for the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), which is still looking for a CEO who can implement a comprehensive digital strategy.

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New York Times Co To Expand Bits, Well Blogs As Part Of Digital Strategy

by Jeff Roberts on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

A New York Times (NYSE: NYT) executive said on an earnings call today that the company would enhance its technology and health blogs. The move is part of the NYT’s larger digital strategy, which has been buoyed by subscriber increases but is also being dragged down by problems at its About.com unit.

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Viacom Says Netflix Isn’t Hurting Nickelodeon Ratings

by Peter Kafka on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

Viacom, which has seen ratings decline at its Nickelodeon cable channel, doesn't think it is losing eyeballs to Netflix, which offers an array of kids programming, including Nickelodeon shows like "Dora the Explorer." Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, speaking during the company's earnings call this morning, continues to argue that the ratings decline stems primarily from...

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New York Times Digital Subscription Numbers Grow 20 Percent

by Peter Kafka on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

The New York Times ended 2011 with 390,000 digital subscribers, up about 20 percent from its third-quarter total. Some of the new subscriptions came from the publisher's International Herald Tribune, which started digital sales last fall. The Times saw overall revenue drop 2.8 percent for the quarter, as ad revenue shrank 7.1 percent while circulation...

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AOL: Ads Up By 10%; Not Enough To Make Up For Subscription, Other Declines

by Ingrid Lunden on Feb 1, 2012 • No Comments

AOL (NYSE: AOL) today reported that its strategy to turn around its advertising business is definitely paying off, with sale up by 10 percent on the year before. But that wasn’t enough to make up for declines in subscriptions and other areas, resulting in a net decline in revenues for Q4.

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Amazon Misses Estimates: Q4 Earnings Down 58 Percent

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 31, 2012 • No Comments

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) disappointed investors by reporting Q4 2011 revenues of $17.4 billion this afternoon, up 35 percent from a year ago but missing analyst estimates. Net income slid to $177 million on earnings of $0.38 per share, down 58 percent from this time last year, and shares were down 8 percent in...

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Amazon: Print Book Unit Sales Up; More Content For Prime

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 31, 2012 • No Comments

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says unit sales of print books grew by “double digits” in Q4 compared to last year. That “is impressive given the shift to Kindle,” said CFO Tom Szkutak in the investor call following this afternoon’s disappointing earnings report.

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As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?

by Robert Andrews on Jan 31, 2012 • No Comments

BSkyB’s financials are still improving, but the company is now flaunting a range of new internet upgrades to try containing subscriber growth slow-down and potential threats from newcomers.

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Time Warner Beats Q4 Estimates

Virgin Media Profits As On-Demand Viewing Grows

McClatchy Beats Earnings Forecasts, Touts Digital Investments

Uneven E-book Growth Sees Lagardere Book Sales Slim

NYT Co Sees Drop In Earnings But 20% Rise In Digital Subs

New York Times Co To Expand Bits, Well Blogs As Part Of Digital Strategy

Viacom Says Netflix Isn’t Hurting Nickelodeon Ratings

New York Times Digital Subscription Numbers Grow 20 Percent

AOL: Ads Up By 10%; Not Enough To Make Up For Subscription, Other Declines

Amazon Misses Estimates: Q4 Earnings Down 58 Percent

Amazon: Print Book Unit Sales Up; More Content For Prime

As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?

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