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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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, August 27, 2014

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[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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