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The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 David Lee Smith |
"Press Lords" Warned by Warren Tribune, like several other newspaper publishers, continues to suffer from a variety of circulation, advertising, and general readership maladies. Investors would be well advised to leave interest in shares of those companies to the billionaires.  |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune Joins Zell's Fold Tribune accepts a restructuring offer; other publishers could share similar fates. Smart investors would be well-advised to read about the action in their newspapers, but remain financially uninvolved.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune's Band of Billionaires A Chicagoan with deep pockets has entered the Tribune buyout sweepstakes. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune Heading in a New Direction? Just when a "self-help" restructuring seemed likely, Sam Zell's plan gains traction. In the final analysis, however, this is still largely a newspaper publisher, and so you should funnel your investment funds in other directions.  |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Will Zell Have a Change of Heart? A credit crunch and Tribune's plight could still halt Sam Zell's deal. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Newspapers' Slips Still Showing With daily newspapers atrophying before our eyes while other forms of media -- cable, for instance -- achieve impressive growth, I hope the appropriate investment conclusion remains obvious.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune, Heal Thyself For a host of reasons, this once-thriving business -- one still represented by a number of grand old names -- continues to struggle. As in the past, investors are urged not to be lured into including shares of newspaper publishers in their portfolios.  |
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune's Now Daily Direction Change Investors, just when you thought Sam Zell's proposal for Tribune's future would hold sway, two competing billionaires prolong the paper's buyout process.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune's Intensifying Groan The restructured Tribune will groan under the weight of $12 billion in debt. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune's on a Slip-and-Slide As it prepares to become private, advertising fortunes at Tribune Company continue to decline.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Dubious Numbers for Tribune Will the Tribune privatization deal with Chicago billionaire Sam Zell really ever happen at the agreed-to price? The main difficulty for Tribune is a sharp and continuing slide in advertising revenue.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Yet Another Dose of Tribune Fare Investors, don't jump to the conclusion that the intrigue surrounding Tribune is over.  |
BusinessWeek July 31, 2008 |
Anatomy of a Media Mess Read on for a time line of the Tribune's troubles.  |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Jon Fine |
Running Tribune--On Empty The buyout by Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell of a hugely indebted old media company raises more questions than it answers.  |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Good (New York) Times and the Tribune When New York Times and Tribune reported results this week, the two big, old-line newspaper companies headed in different directions.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Where to Now, Tribune? Tribune's share price, which began 2004 above $51, closed Friday at $30.52. A cynic might blame Tribune's mounting woes and inability to sell itself for a reasonable price on its Cubs ownership.  |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 David Lee Smith |
New Papers the News at McClatchy But the publisher reports a loss because of the sale of one paper. From an investing standpoint, it is difficult to consul active ownership here.  |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 David Lee Smith |
Newspapers Pressed Downward Investors, declining results are expected from three more newspaper publishers. New York Times... Tribune... Belo...  |
Information Today August 7, 2014 |
Tribune Media Spins Off Tribune Publishing Tribune Media completed the spinoff of Tribune Publishing, its media and marketing solutions division, into its own independent company.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 David Lee Smith |
Tribune on the Block The newspaper conglomerate may be up for sale. Investors, enjoy the show from a distance; if you venture too close, you might get burned.  |
BusinessWeek May 8, 2006 Gene G. Marcial |
Tribune's Tribulations Like most other newspaper stocks, Tribune has been beaten to a pulp on poor earnings caused by a slump in ads and readership.  |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Newspapers' Worsening World Investors would probably be wise to maintain whatever newspaper-reading habits they've formed but forgo the temptation to own publishing stocks. With rare exceptions, it's difficult to see how money can be made through investments in the publishers.  |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2006 David Lee Smith |
The Beat Goes on at Tribune Buyout interest in Tribune abounds, while things are quieter for New York Times. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Gannett's Continuing Advertising Slide The first quarterly publishing release indicates ongoing ad revenue softness. Investors, read your papers avidly and carefully, but please don't let yourselves be enticed into putting your investment shekels into positions in the publishers.  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 David Lee Smith |
Extra, Extra: Chaos Reigns Private equity, declining results, David Geffen: Newspapers have been a thrill ride lately. With few exceptions, newspaper publishing is an area investors would be well advised to eschew as they determine their allocations for 2007.  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Tribune's Spanish Tale The Spanish-speaking segment promises to help the company's newspaper division. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Tribune's Bad News Tribune's May ad revenues were disappointing. Some of the problem may stem from Hollywood.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2008 |
Samuel Zell Read on for a quick biography of Sam Zell, Chairman and CEO of Tribune.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy |
At Tribune, Help Wanted With Ads The company continues to be challenged by a tough advertising business. Overall, the picture continues to look bleak. Shareholders may take some comfort in management's apparent belief that Tribune's stock is undervalued.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2007 David Lee Smith |
New York Times' Worsening Slide The newspaper's advertising revenue was down by 8.5% in May; it has to find a way to stop the declines. Investors should stay away from this and other newspaper publishing stocks.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 David Lee Smith |
McClatchy Adds to Ad Woes Declining retail ad sales and depressed real estate markets lead to hard times for McClatchy newspaper publishers.  |
BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Maria Bartiromo |
Sam Zell, Media Mogul Sam Zell talks about where he plans to take Tribune Co.  |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Newspaper Publishers Unite Online The largest U.S. newspapers join forces to sell Web ads. Newspaper publishers' advertising volumes are too far in the hole to make such firms attractive investments.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Will All Newspapers Fold? Rich old men vie to buy fading newspapers. Does anyone else care? Given their business prowess, why would the billionaires be interested in owning withering daily newspapers? Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Tribune's Ongoing Intrigue Investors, don't chase the possibility of a special cash dividend by dipping into Tribune stock. In the final analysis, this is still a newspaper and broadcasting company, and you'd be better off directing your attention elsewhere.  |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Trials and Tribulations at Tribune Poor circulation and weakness in ad spending combine for a tough quarter.  |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Gannett's Wrinkled Results Some asset swaps make precise earnings more confusing, but the basic trend is still not looking too strong. It looks like times are still tough on both an advertising and circulation basis. It would take a lot of patience to buy into the print media sector today.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Newsprint's Still Smudging Last week proved the newspaper industry has still got plenty of challenges. These developments certainly come as no surprise to investors.  |
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 Jon Fine |
Dog-Bites-Man Thinking Tribune's strategy is predictable: Slash and burn.  |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Don't Tune Out All the Media Stocks Amid all the negative newspaper news, you should take a look at this cable sub-sector company.  |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Gannett Joins the Slide Industry leader Gannett is no exception amid newspaper publishers' lower earnings. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Bad News, Good News Newspaper circulation continues its decline, but there can be opportunity for investors who pay close attention, do their homework and take on a certain degree of risk as the industry continues to shift.  |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Bad News Bears Investors give newspaper stocks a smack.  |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Media General Marches Smartly The newspaper and broadcast company has a strong performance, but there's still reason for caution from investors.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2007 William E. Early |
Words from the Pro Sam Zell, president and chairman of Equity Group Investments in Chicago, discusses his industry experiences at a recent conference.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Brian D. Pacampara |
Gannett Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of newspaper publisher Gannett sank as much as 10% in early trading after its third-quarter revenues came in below analyst expectations.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Will All Newspapers Fold? Part 2 Dying newspapers still generate cash -- but only so much, for so long. The takeaway for smart investors is simple: Avoid this group of investments at all costs.  |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Breakup Spreads Two weeks ago Belo announced a breakup, and now E.W. Scripps follows suit. Investors, the sound you're hearing now is that of media companies being broken up as their managements try to separate their atrophying newspaper operations from other units with more promise.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Is Dow Jones Copycatting Tribune? There may be a growing pack of billionaires with designs on acquiring Dow Jones.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Tribune's in Tip-Top Shape Increases in broadcasting lead across-the-board gains for the media company.  |