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Media: Huge 2nd quarter loss for GateHouse

Via RTT News:

Gatehouse Media, Inc., a publisher of print and online media, reported Friday a wider net loss for the second quarter, hurt by impairment charge, despite a 16.5% revenue growth.

The Fairport, New York-based company’s net loss widened to $443.2 million or $7.77 per share from $2.0 million or $0.05 per share in the second quarter of last year.

The loss from continuing operations widened to $438.7 million or $7.69 per share from $2.6 million or $0.07 per share in the year-ago period.

The original statement from GateHouse is available here.

GateHouse stock was at 71 cents a share at 8:53 a.m. Central time. It opened at 77 cents and reached 87 cents.

One Response to “Media: Huge 2nd quarter loss for GateHouse”

  1.   And here is Says:

    the transcript of the officers talking about the 2nd Q. (to save time – we all read faster than these people talk – thus the transcript link)
    http://seekingalpha.com/article/90061-gatehouse-media-q2-2008-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo