Publishing Stocks: The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), SSP

On April 24, 2014, The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), said that its first-quarter revenue rose from a year ago, with an increase in advertising sales and the addition of digital subscribers, but quarterly profit declined because of spending on growth initiatives. The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), shares after opening at $15.75 moved to $15.99 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $15.53. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.46 and price to cash ratio as 2.74. The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), showed a negative weekly performance of 4.96%.

On May 01, 2014, Shareholders of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), re-elected Chairman Marjorie Magner, President and CEO Gracia Martore, John Cody, Howard Elias, John Jeffry Louis, Scott McCune, Susan Ness, Tony Prophet and Neal Shapiro to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting held at the company’s headquarters, with each director receiving at least 99% of the votes cast. Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), shares advanced 0.18% in last trading session and ended the day on $27.28. Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), return on equity ratio is recorded as 13.70% and its return on assets is 4.80%. Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), yearly performance is 38.83%.

The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments report includes business description, detailed reports on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestments, capital raisings, venture capital investments, ownership and partnership transactions undertaken by The McClatchy Company since January 2007. These reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage. The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), shares moved up 1.10% in last trading session and was closed at $5.49, while trading in range of $ 5.36 – 5.57. The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), year to date (YTD) performance is 61.47%.

The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), CEO Richard A. Boehne sold 29,815 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.09, for a total transaction of $539,353.35. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), weekly performance is 8.17%. On last trading day company shares ended up $18.01. The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.66%. Analysts mean target Price for the company is $22.67.

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