The good news is that if the NY Slimes continues to turn off real conservatives, they could be laying off a lot of the lunatic libs working for the Slimes.
So come to the thread below and revel in the NY Slimes getting some economic kicks for its vile liberalism.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1031824/posts New York Times Seen In Lackluster Ad Trend
Forbes ^ | 2003/11/24/ | Forbes Staff
Posted on 12/01/2003 1:36 PM PST by Grampa Dave
New York Times Seen In Lackluster Ad Trend Forbes Staff , 11.24.03, 12:03 PM ET
NEW YORK -
New York Times (nyse: NYT - news - people ) stock softened after a Banc of America Securities research note said the media company and rival Knight Ridder (nyse: KRI - news - people ) finished October on a lackluster note, posting respective ad sales growth gains of just 1.2% and 0.4%.
Bank of America Securities said the color ad page count at the flagship newspaper of Dow Jones (nyse: DJ - news - people ), The Wall Street Journal, is averaging 8.3 pages per day so far this November, which is up from the November 2002 level of 6.8 pages per day. But the securities firm said that earnings risks persist for the newspaper sector overall in the fourth quarter due to weak ad sales.
It noted that although telecoms now offer wireless portability, there have been very few ads for the new service in newspapers. In addition, department stores' ad spending remains soft and is continuing to shift to other forms of media.
Despite its concerns about Knight Ridder's weak ad spending in October, Banc of America Securities reiterated a "buy" rating for it and Tribune (nyse: TRB - news - people ) while maintaining "neutral" ratings on New York Times and Dow Jones. New York Times was down 48 cents at $45.36; Dow Jones, down 1 cent at $49.92; Tribune, up 7 cents at $48.10; and Knight Ridder, up 47 cents at $73.23
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1031824/postsThanks, Gramps. The real test of the Bush Boom will be New York Times layoffs as a nauseated public cancels its subscriptions.