Media Mania After Dow Jones & News Corp. Merger Talk
Stock Tickers: DJ, NWS, RTRSY, TOC, NYT, WPO, SSP, MNI, BLC, LEE, GHS, XFML It looks like almost all media stocks are running on David Faber’s report that Dow Jones (DJ-NYSE) is now a target of Rupert...
View ArticleNewspaper Carnage Continues, But…. (NWS, DJ, TRB, MNI, GHS, JRN, NYT, GCI,...
There has been a solid recovery in newspaper and media plays in recent weeks, for some obvious merger reasons. But the continuously deteriorating fundamentals in the sector lend a credence that the...
View ArticleThe Newspaper Industry’s Hardest Choice (NYT)(GCI)(MNI)
Prisoners in an escape tunnel have two choices if the structure starts to collapse. Go back to jail or run for the light and hope not to get buried. This week Scripps (SSP) said it would close its...
View ArticleBank Of American Slams Newspaper Industry
Bank of America initiated coverage on several newspaper companies and the news for them was not good. Gannett (GCI), McClathchy (MNI), The New York Times (NYT), and EW Scripps (SSP) were all started at...
View Article24/7 Wall St.’s Take on Scripps & Media Break-Ups (SSP, BLC, TRB, JRC)
EW Scripps Co. (NYSE:SSP) is following the media trend of separating its operations into more pure play media sectors. The good news here is that the valuable interactive unit will no longer have to...
View ArticleTop 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ASMI, BWA, CCL, RCL, EMC, SSP, MWA, NSM,...
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on early this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading: ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) raised to Buy at Jefferies. BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) Raised to...
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The 52-Week Low Club 7/25/2008 (SSP)(MNI)(CVG)(ATI)(CROX)(AFFX)
Scripps (SSP) Newspaper stock takes big hit on earnings. Falls to $7.17 from 52-week high of $147.78. McClatchy Newspapers (MNI) Another newspaper company with problems. Sells down to $4.30 from...
View ArticleRating the Top 25 Newspaper Websites 2009
The struggle for large urban newspapers to stay in business has largely been an effort on the part of their managements to increase revenue on the Internet faster than it is lost in their print...
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How the Election Cycle Will Win For TV & Media (GCI, SSP, JRN, GTN, SBGI, BLC)
Gabelli & Co. has a unique research report out this morning and we took a look at this to see where the opportunity is. Imagine that television stocks should still be winners after all the reports...
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The 10 Websites Where Americans Spend the Most Time
Though the Internet is made up of tens of millions of websites, people spend the vast majority of time on just a handful of sites. According to comScore, an Internet analytics company, Americans spend...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Chesapeake, Rite Aid, Harley-Davidson,...
Stocks were trying to stage a second day rally on Thursday, with the shenanigans in Greece again being the hope. The reasons vary as to why and what the catalyst is, but investors have lined up and...
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Denver TV Station Delays First-Ever Marijuana Commercial
The ABC-affiliated TV station in Denver, KMGH, was scheduled to air advertisements on Monday, July 20, for legal cannabis businesses during the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” broadcast at 10:35 p.m. That plan was...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Huntington Bancshares, Nucor, Orexigen,...
Stocks were indicated to open lower on Monday morning, but that is after two weeks of a rally. Is it possible that the trend of selling into every rally is migrating back to the buy the dip trend of...
View ArticleHuge Real Estate and Health Care Trades Highlight Insider Selling: Regency...
In a week that offered up almost everything, and was completed by another outstanding nonfarm payroll report, the insider activity that had been heavily leaning toward the sellers started to balance...
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Warren Buffett Backs His Way Into Scripps and ION TV Merger
It’s not always the case that a company sees its shares rise after announcing that it is making an acquisition and using leverage to fund it. E.W. Scripps Co. (NYSE: SSP) announced that it is acquiring...
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Wednesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Ford, Netflix, Nordstrom,...
The futures were all trading lower on Wednesday, after investors watched a solid start to the trading day Tuesday turn into a big afternoon reversal wherein all the major indexes and the transportation...
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Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Affirm, Coinbase, Disney,...
The futures traded higher Thursday after a wretched risk-off day after the election that saw all the major indexes close down big. The Nasdaq led the massacre, closing 2.48% lower. The lack of a...
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