Mediagazer: Tribune Media's Q3 misses expectations, with political ad revenue lower than expected but revenue up 6% to $518.1M, boosted by real estate deals (David Lieberman/Deadline)

8:50 AM ET, November 9, 2016

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David Lieberman / Deadline:

Tribune Media's Q3 misses expectations, with political ad revenue lower than expected but revenue up 6% to $518.1M, boosted by real estate deals — Tribune Media just released Q3 earnings that fell short of Wall Street expectations — and dropped its full year guidance citing …

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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:

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Anya George Tharakan / Reuters:

Viacom Q4 misses expectations as revenue falls 14.8% to $3.23B, domestic ad revenue down 8%; net profit plunges to $254M from $884M a year ago — Viacom Inc (VIAB.O), the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, posted quarterly revenue below estimates on Wednesday …

Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune:

How Chicago Tribune documented the Cubs' win visually: four strategically placed photographers in ballpark using cameras with Ethernet lines and FTP — Chicago Tribune pages from when the Cubs clinched the NLCS, the World Series, and the Grant Park victory rally. — Tribune photojournalist

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New “digital fixers” guide reporters into relevant private chat rooms on apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, Weibo, Wickr, and Telegram — When An Xiao Mina traveled to Shenzhen, China, to do research on selfie stick production, she needed a way to know where people were talking.

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Christine Wang / CNBC:

Digital accounted for 24% of WSJ's segment revenues in Q1, up 4% YoY, with digital subscriptions up 18% to 967K — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter results Monday afternoon that were roughly in line with analyst estimates. — The company posted an adjusted loss …

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