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Archive for July 31st, 2009

Anne Thompson Joins indieWIRE

Friday, July 31st, 2009

In something of a coup, indieWIRE snags Anne Thompson to join our orbit. Anne is the well known Hollywood columnist formerly of both the Hollywood Reporter and most recently Variety. She is very well known; highly regarded; very connected; and very smart. Her blog is one that I read all of the time and it will now be seen on indieWIRE starting on Sunday evening. Enjoy it and welcome aboard Anne!

Washington Post Company Well Managed in Down Period

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Here is the Washington Post on the Washington Post in a very straightforward and concise article about its financial condition and results. Click here to read this piece. Well done Frank Ahrens.

It is interesting to note that the newspaper itself is now such a small part of the revenues of the company with Kaplan now representing 58 percent of the company’s revenues for the quarter. The actual newspaper itself continued to shrink in terms of ad sales, circulation and people. It continues to lose lots of money but less than last quarter. The Washington Post newspaper itself now represents only 15 percent of company revenues.

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