Portfolio.com: The Reader’s Digest Index
August 18th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Magazines, Online Journalism
Taking inspiration from the Harper’s Magazine signature feature, Portfolio.com has produced the Reader’s Digest Index, following yesterday’s news that the US magazine is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Here are a few of the most pertinent Reader’s Digest facts, as reported by Portfolio:
- Current debt: $1.6 billion.
- Amount of interest payment owed today: $27 million.
- Number of US employees let go in 2009: 300.
- Chapter by which its parent company is filing to protect itself: 11.
- Percentage it hopes to reduce its debt: 75.
Tags: Harper, harpers magazine, Portfolio.com, Reader, readers digest, the Harper's Magazine, the US magazine, United States, USD
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