From AJR, February/March 2007
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New York Times Co. Holdings
By
Rachel Smolkin
New York Times Media Group
New York Times (daily circulation of 1,086,798 as of September 30)
NYTimes.com (13.2 million unique visitors in the U.S. in December)
International Herald Tribune (daily circulation of 242,182 in 2005)
IHT.com (3.8 million unique visitors worldwide in December)
WQXR-FM (based in New York, classical music and Times news)
Baseline StudioSystems (online database for information on the film and television industries; purchased August 2006 for $35 million; part of NYTimes.com)
New York Times News Services Division
Business Development (includes a small publication unit)
New England Media Group
Boston Globe (daily circulation 386,415 as of September 30)
Boston.com (3.8 million unique visitors in the U.S. in December)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (daily circulation 88,871)
Globe Direct, a direct mail business
Regional Media Group
14 daily newspapers and their Web sites:
Gadsden Times (Alabama, circulation 20,523)
Tuscaloosa News (Alabama, 33,185)
TimesDaily (Florence, Alabama, 29,679)
Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California, 82,683)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida, 96,260)
Star-Banner (Ocala, Florida, 45,321)
Gainesville Sun (Florida, 44,957)
Ledger (Lakeland, Florida, 65,756)
Courier (Houma, Louisiana, 16,765)
Daily Comet (Thibodaux, Louisiana, 10,634)
Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina, 10,742)
Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina, 18,576)
Star-News (Wilmington, North Carolina, 51,469)
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, South Carolina, 45,390)
Other community publications, including the weekly North Bay Business Journal, which targets California's Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties, and the Petaluma Argus-Courier, a paid subscription weekly with a circulation of 7,300
About.com
36 million unique visitors in the U.S. in December; online consumer information provider; purchased March 2005 for about $410 million
Calorie-Count.com (online site providing weight-loss tools and nutritional information; purchased in September for $900,000; part of About.com)
Joint Ventures
NESV, 17 percent interest (NESV owns the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park and about 80 percent of New England Sports Network, a regional cable network)
Metro Boston, 49 percent interest (free daily paper aimed at young professionals, acquired interest in March 2005 for $16.5 million)
Donohue Malbaie Inc., 49 percent interest (Canadian newsprint company)
Madison Paper Industries, 40 percent interest (paper mill in Madison, Maine)
For Sale & Sold:
Nine local television stations (In January, the Times Co. agreed to sell its Broadcast Media Group to Oak Hill Capital Partners for $575 million; the sale is expected to close in the first half of the year.)
WQEW-AM (ABC exercised its right to purchase the New York City station at the end of 2006; sale for $40 million expected to close in early 2007.)
Sold: Discovery Times Channel (The Times Co. signed a contract to sell its 50 percent ownership interest in the digital cable channel in September, recording a loss of $8 million.)
Sources: New York Times Co., Audit Bureau of Circulations, Nielsen//NetRatings, Analog ###
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