News Corp. Plummets as Profit Trails Estimates on Ad Revenue

Shares of News Corp., controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, had a record decline after the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and New York Post reported fiscal second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates.Earnings, excluding some items, were 20 cents a share in the period ended Dec. 31, trailing the 21-cent average of projections compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue fell 4% to $2.16 billion from a year earlier as advertising sales declined, hurt by the strength of the U.S. dollar, the New York-based company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts had estimated $2.13 billion on average.News Corp. shares slid as much as 10% to $10.96 in New York trading, the biggest intraday decline since the company's split from 21st Century Fox Inc. in June 2013. Through Thursday, they had dropped 8.6% this year. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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[ Digiday | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Solid' Quarto half-year revenues rise 1%

The chief executive of The Quarto Group, Marcus Leaver, said the company achieved a “solid” set of results in the first half of the year, with revenues rising 1% compared to the same period a year earlier.   For the six months ending 30th June 2015, revenues totalled $66.2m (£42.4m), 1% higher... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Working on a Twitter-Like App That Lets Publishers Send Mobile Breaking News Alerts to the Masses

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook offers up its autoplay video ads to other apps

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[ Engadget | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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