Matt Molnar
2009-02-27, 02:45 AM
Reuters:
Newsday plans to charge for online news (http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2625853520090226?rpc=44)
Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:42pm EST
* Cablevision plans to charge for Newsday website
* Writes down Newsday value by $402 mln
By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N) plans to charge online readers of its Newsday newspaper, a move that would make it one of the first large U.S. papers to reverse a trend toward free Web readership.
Newsday, which covers the New York suburb of Long Island, was bought by Cablevision in a $650 million deal last May that was widely criticized on Wall Street as a puzzling move into a troubled newspaper market.
Cablevision had to write down Newsday's value by $402 million on Thursday, pushing its fourth-quarter results to a loss, as U.S. print advertising sales and circulation have dropped with more readers seeking free news on the Web. [Full Article (http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2625853520090226?rpc=44)]
Further proof the Dolans simply have no idea how to run a business in a market where they don't hold a monopoly. Let the Newsday death watch officially begin. :(
Newsday plans to charge for online news (http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2625853520090226?rpc=44)
Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:42pm EST
* Cablevision plans to charge for Newsday website
* Writes down Newsday value by $402 mln
By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N) plans to charge online readers of its Newsday newspaper, a move that would make it one of the first large U.S. papers to reverse a trend toward free Web readership.
Newsday, which covers the New York suburb of Long Island, was bought by Cablevision in a $650 million deal last May that was widely criticized on Wall Street as a puzzling move into a troubled newspaper market.
Cablevision had to write down Newsday's value by $402 million on Thursday, pushing its fourth-quarter results to a loss, as U.S. print advertising sales and circulation have dropped with more readers seeking free news on the Web. [Full Article (http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2625853520090226?rpc=44)]
Further proof the Dolans simply have no idea how to run a business in a market where they don't hold a monopoly. Let the Newsday death watch officially begin. :(