Indeed,
WaPo said display dollars were down 16% in the second quarter, and 4% during the first six months of the year. "The results for online classifieds were mixed so far, though the numbers were too small
to make much of a difference in WaPo's publishing fortunes either way."
Worses till, total online revenues, including washingtonpost.com and Slate, decreased 13% to $23.4 million. In particular, newspaper online revenues declined 3% to $49.1 million for the first six months of 2011. Overall, the newspaper publishing division saw a 6% drop in revenue to $162.8 million in the second quarter. Print ad dollars declined 12% to $66.6 million. Added paidContent: "The problems were largely due to less spending across the paper's classified, zoned and general advertising."