MediaGuardian: Independent News & Media falls into the red
August 28th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Newspapers
The newspaper group fell into the red in the first six months of 2009 – a result of a massive drop in advertising revenues, reports MediaGuardian.
The group has reported a pre-tax loss of €48.5 million (approximately £42.7 million) for the six months to the end of June – compare this with last year’s profit of €96.8 million (£85.2 million) – and cited the costs of reducing staff, writing down the value of its newspaper titles and other ‘exceptional items’.
Advertising revenues for the group fell by 25.8 per cent from the last report to €608.8 million (£535.6 million).
Full story and figures at this link…
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