Major Newspapers Endure Rev Falls
The newspaper industry had another bad quarter in July-September of this year, judging by results announced by two major newspaper publishers.
The New York Times Co. and McClatchy Co. both
saw overall revenues fall in the third quarter of 2012, due to continuing declines in advertising revenues, suggesting the rest of the industry suffered a similar fate.
While
circulation revenues continue to grow, thanks to digital subscriptions, downward pressure on advertising revenues resulted in an overall decline for the New York Times Co. in the third quarter. Total
advertising revenues fell 8.9% from $200.5 million in the third quarter of 2011 to $182.6 million in the third quarter of 2012, as print advertising fell 10.9% and digital advertising slipped
2.2%.
Circulation revenues rose 7.4% from $218.6 million to $234.9 million. The total number of digital subscriptions increased to 592,000, up 11% compared to the end of the second quarter of
this year.
Revenue declines occurred in all the major advertising segments. National advertising fell 9.5% to $118.1 million, retail was also down 9.5% to $30.3 million, and
classifieds fell 7.9% to $27.6 million. Within the classifieds category, real estate was down 19.5% to $8.7 million, while automotive edged up 2.4% to $5.8 million and recruitment increased 4.1% to
$6.3 million.
McClatchy Co. -- which publishes The Miami Herald among other newspapers -- also reported weak results in the third quarter, with total revenues falling 4.2% to
$287.5 million. Advertising revenues fell 5.4% from $224.2 million to $212 million, while circulation revenues slipped 2% from $64.1 million to $62.8 million.
However, McClatchy president and
CEO Pat Talamantes noted that the company recently introduced paid digital subscriptions at five newspaper Web sites, which she predicted could contribute up to $20 million in additional circulation
revenues in 2013.
Talamantes also touted strong growth at McClatchy’s daily deal platform, Dealsaver.com, where revenues were up 84% in the quarter, as well as promising early
results from ImpressLocal, a suite of products intended to help local advertisers manage digital ad campaigns, which launched in July.
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