The newspaper operations, which include The Dallas Morning News and Providence Journal, now form a separate public company, A.H. Belo, that also starts trading on the NYSE this morning.
The old Belo closed Friday at $16.36, up about 2%, but down from a 52-week high of near $23.
The new Belo, billed as "one of the largest pure-play television companies in the country," has duopolies in six markets, including Phoenix and Seattle. Its estimated $775 million in annual revenue is comprised of about 89% from spots sales; 2% from network compensation that will go to zero around 2011; and 3% from retransmission consent, which could double over the next few years.
Belo also operates six local cable news networks.
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