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| October 30, 2009 |
By: The Associated Press |
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he Washington Post Co. increased its profit 69 percent in the third quarter, as the company cut costs to narrow losses in its newspaper division and kept business steady at its cable TV and education divisions.
The company, which owns Newsweek magazine, Kaplan education services and television properties along with its namesake newspaper, said Friday it earned $17.1 million, or $1.81 per share. That compares with net income of $10.1 million, or $1.08 per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Revenue climbed 2 percent to $1.15 billion.
The newspaper division, which includes the Post, The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash., and dozens of local weeklies, whittled its operating losses through buyouts and cost-cutting to $23.6 million, down from $82.7 million a year ago.
That happened even though advertising revenue at the flagship newspaper took a steeper dive than the quarter before, falling 28 percent. The newspaper had seen a 20 percent drop in the second quarter and a 33 percent drop in the first.
The Post's decline was comparable to what has been reported by other big publishers — which also have managed to improve earnings by cutting labor and other expenses. The New York Times Co.'s advertising revenue plunged 27 percent in the most recent quarter. Ad revenue in Gannett Co.'s publishing division, which includes USA Today and more than 80 other newspapers, dropped 28 percent.
The Post Co.'s newspaper Web revenue, which comes mainly from Washingtonpost.com, also stalled. It fell 18 percent after showing a 9 percent decline in the previous quarter.
The Post did not offer an outlook for the rest of the year and does not hold a conference call to discuss results with analysts.
Washington Post shares rose $2.29, less than 1 percent, to $454.32 in morning trading
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