In the fourth quarter, The New York Times (NYT) missed Wall St. estimates for EPS and revenue. EPS came in at $.44 compared to $.48. Revenue was $867 compared to estimates at $882.
The additional week in 2006 had a significant effect on the comparisons of Internet revenues. In the fourth quarter, our Internet revenues grew 12.0 percent to $95.2 million from $85.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. For the full-year 2007, Internet revenues rose 20.2 percent to $330.2 million from $274.7 million in 2006. We estimate that the additional week contributed $4.0 million in the fourth quarter and full year of 2006. Excluding the additional week, Internet revenues grew 17.6 percent in the fourth quarter and 22.0 percent for the full year.
In December, things got worse. For the last month of the year total revenues from continuing operations decreased 22.4% compared with December 2006, when our fiscal calendar included an additional week; excluding the estimated impact of the additional week in 2006, they decreased 8.2%. Advertising revenues decreased 25.2%; excluding the additional week, they decreased 12.0%. Circulation revenues decreased 17.8%; excluding the additional week, they increased 0.6%.
The stock is off almost 4% in the pre-market.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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