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Buffett Takes Stake in Lee for Newspapers, More to Come? (LEE, BRK-A, BRK-B, MEG, GCI, MNI, DJCO, BLC)

Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LEE) is a tiny media company with news and advertising.  It serves midsize and small markets in the United States with 52 daily and 39 Sunday ...
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Warren Buffett Tries To Save The Newspaper Business

It is no secret that the newspaper business has not been a good sector over the last decade.  Subscriptions declined about as fast as the number of smokers did in ...
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Nine High Dividends & Dividend Gainers in Services: Value and the Kitchen Sink (RRD, GPC, CCL, BLC, TWX, TWC, MHP, EAT, IPG)

The “services sector” is almost too broad to be counted when screens are conducted. Throwing in publishers, media, cable, travel, restaurants, auto-parts and advertising into a single screen feels like ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. Top Ten Analyst Calls of the Week (COF, CTRP, NBG, P, RIMM, SHLD, SRDX, LVS, MPEL, HD, LOW, BLC, GCI)

We have another week that has passed by and there were many stand-out research calls that took place throughout the last week.  Our top analyst calls, some of which are ...
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How the Election Cycle Will Win For TV & Media (GCI, SSP, JRN, GTN, SBGI, BLC)

Gabelli & Co. has a unique research report out this morning and we took a look at this to see where the opportunity is.  Imagine that television stocks should still ...
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Rating the Top 25 Newspaper Websites 2009

The struggle for large urban newspapers to stay in business has largely been an effort on the part of their managements to increase revenue on the Internet faster than it ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Take on Scripps & Media Break-Ups (SSP, BLC, TRB, JRC)

EW Scripps Co. (NYSE:SSP) is following the media trend of separating its operations into more pure play media sectors.  The good news here is that the valuable interactive unit will ...
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Belo (BLC): A Reminder Of How Little Newspapers Are Worth

Belo (BLC) yesterday announced that it would separate its newspaper and broadcast properties into two separate companies. The firm's shares rose from $17.50 to over $21.Belo's newspaper revenue has dropped ...
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Newspaper Carnage Continues, But…. (NWS, DJ, TRB, MNI, GHS, JRN, NYT, GCI, SSP, BLC, LEE )

There has been a solid recovery in newspaper and media plays in recent weeks, for some obvious merger reasons.  But the continuously deteriorating fundamentals in the sector lend a credence ...
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Media Mania After Dow Jones & News Corp. Merger Talk

Stock Tickers: DJ, NWS, RTRSY, TOC, NYT, WPO, SSP, MNI, BLC, LEE, GHS, XFMLIt looks like almost all media stocks are running on David Faber’s report that Dow Jones (DJ-NYSE) ...
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