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Knight Ridder, Tribune hurt by declines
CNBC ^ | 7/14/05 | Reuters

Posted on 07/14/2005 9:13:47 AM PDT by Steven W.

Publisher Knight Ridder Inc. on Thursday said quarterly earnings fell 14 percent due to circulation declines, while rival Tribune Co. relied on cost cutting to help it post higher profits.

Circulation declines at both media companies underscored the problems the industry has faced in subscription drives since do-not-call lists began blocking telemarketers. At the same time, more readers are getting their news from new media such as the Internet rather than traditional newspapers.

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Even continuing fall in revenues will not stop the MSM bias rather than truthful reporting when it comes to stories like the LIEs of Joe Wilson.
1 posted on 07/14/2005 9:13:47 AM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Steven W.

Every letter I write to the MSM about some stupid biased article they are spreading, I always ask them how their circulation is doing.............

I find this news about the medias continued death spiral hilarious and most deserved.....


2 posted on 07/14/2005 9:19:30 AM PDT by federal
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To: Steven W.

I'll be tap dancing on the MSM's grave.


3 posted on 07/14/2005 9:19:39 AM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (FAKE conservatism is more dangerous than liberalism <<<---at least you know what you're gonna get!)
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To: Steven W.

They've earned it.


4 posted on 07/14/2005 9:23:06 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: Steven W.
For some reason, I always see that news service's name and think
5 posted on 07/14/2005 9:25:24 AM PDT by MAEsser (The law is not about fairness, equality, or justice. It is about power.)
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To: Steven W.
The msm has bigger problems than the "no call list".

I hate to say it, but I am enjoying their decimation. My local paper is filled with former Boston Globe editorialist's that got the boot. I know this not because I buy their papers, but because read the old copies I pick from the trash.

In the last year, I have only purchased the wsj.

I never feed parasites, never.
6 posted on 07/14/2005 9:26:07 AM PDT by mmercier
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To: Steven W.
Perhaps many of their subscribers were terrorists in-sir-gents, and they are killing themselves off?
7 posted on 07/14/2005 9:28:12 AM PDT by G.Mason
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To: Steven W.

Of course. Newspapers are hardcopy and stored in libraries. Unless the FR archives are also researched, future generations will get a false perspective on this moment in history.


8 posted on 07/14/2005 9:31:39 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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To: federal

The media is biased and sees declining circulation figures.

The entertainment world pushes crap (when GOOD material is still produced) and sees declining attendence figures.

Obviously they are not to blame for their diminishing returns. It "must" be because people are stealing info from the internet.


9 posted on 07/14/2005 9:33:14 AM PDT by weegee (Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
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It "must" be because people are stealing info from the internet.

I suppose we could help them get hits by posting articles from their sites...

But I also think we should make 'em get down on their hands and knees and BEG us to do it.

10 posted on 07/14/2005 9:47:33 AM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka)
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