Putting newspaper profits in context
Posted by
Martin Stabe
on 17 February 2006 at 16:05
Tags: Newspapers, Newsquest, Regionals
Reporter Mark Schaver of the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, has spotted some interesting facts putting American newspaper owners’ profits in context.
On the top of the pile, we find the owners of the UK’s Newsquest group:
Gannett: 32%
Washington Post: 23%
Knight Ridder: 20%
New York Times: 18%
ExxonMobil: 16%
His source is an article in Forbes magazine about “Those Rapacious Media Companies�.
Why is everybody so worried about Craig Newmark again?
Tags: Newspapers, Newsquest, Regionals
