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Magazine Publishing Still Has Issues

We think magazine publishers face an uphill battle.

Michael Corty, CFA

Jun 28, 2010

Mentioned: Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) , S&P Global Inc (SPGI) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Graham Holdings Co (GHC) , Meredith Corp (MDP) , Time Warner Inc (TWX)

Magazine publishers are facing some of the same issues plaguing the newspaper business. Consumers are migrating online for content, and advertisers are shifting ad budgets away from print.

The news-driven magazines have been among the hardest hit, which makes sense given the immediacy of content available on the Internet. McGraw-Hill (MHP), sold its BusinessWeek unit to Bloomberg last year for a minimal dollar amount and the assumption of liabilities, as the weekly magazine had suffered operating losses for several years.

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