Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Fiddling While Rome Burns?
Newspaper Executives Say Concerns Are Overblown
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req) has a short piece on some newspaper execs' optimism about the future of newspapers.
Grabs: Tony Ridder, chairman and chief executive of Knight Ridder Inc., told investors at the Mid-Year Media Review in New York that "the newspaper industry generally and Knight Ridder specifically are strong, healthy businesses with a bright future."
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[The NY Times' Len] Forman added that newspapers have been faced with challenges, including competition for advertising and readership, for the past 50 or 60 years, "yet the business continues to be a healthy business ... . There will be some businesses that don't make it and some that do."
And yet both Knight-Ridder and the Times have issued profit warnings.
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The Wall Street Journal (sub. req) has a short piece on some newspaper execs' optimism about the future of newspapers.
Grabs: Tony Ridder, chairman and chief executive of Knight Ridder Inc., told investors at the Mid-Year Media Review in New York that "the newspaper industry generally and Knight Ridder specifically are strong, healthy businesses with a bright future."
and
[The NY Times' Len] Forman added that newspapers have been faced with challenges, including competition for advertising and readership, for the past 50 or 60 years, "yet the business continues to be a healthy business ... . There will be some businesses that don't make it and some that do."
And yet both Knight-Ridder and the Times have issued profit warnings.
