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Washington Post’s Slide Makes The New York Times Look Better

in Media on May 1, 2009 at 6:13 am PT

For the last year or so, the Washington Post Co. has reported steadily declining results for its newspaper business–just like every other newspaper publisher in the country. But in previous quarters, it was at least able to argue that its slide wasn’t as bad as the one the New York Times was going through. It can’t say that anymore.
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Washington Post Turns in Another Lousy Quarter. But It Could Have Been Worse

in Media on October 31, 2008 at 6:26 am PT

The Washington Post Company’s Q3 report card is bad. But it’s better than the last one the troubled newspaper and education company earned. And yes, you have to be in the media business to look at a seven percent yearly decline in revenue, which is what Wapo’s newspaper group recorded, as a positive. But that decrease is indeed better than Q2, when newspaper revenues were down 13 percent.