The Newsonomics of News in a Diversified World

News Corp.'s Avatar has taken in $2.75 billion. Compare that financial flexibility with the Times, and it’s night and day. The Times Co.’s total 2009 revenues: $2.4 billion, less than Avatar itself has produced.

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NYT’s Full-Year Profit of $19.9 Million: Better Optics

The Times can once again say it is profitable, and build from here, a clearly reduced here, given that ad revenues are still in decline. Profitability here, as elsewhere in the industry, has been achieved only by draconian cost cuts. News-related ad revenues grew in local single digits, while ...

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