Central Newspapers Reports Revenues for Four Weeks Ended January 24, 1999.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1999--Central Newspapers, Inc. today announced an increase of 4.6% in revenues for the four weeks ended January January: see month. 24, 1999, compared with the four weeks ended January 25, 1998. Advertising revenue increased 4.7% on a 4.3% increase in full run-of-press (ROP (1) (Raster Operation) An instruction that manipulates the bits of a bitmapped image in some manner. (2) (RISC Operation) An instruction in a RISC processor. ) advertising linage lin·age also line·age n. 1. The number of lines of printed or written material. 2. Payment for written work at a specified amount per line. linage Noun 1. . -0-
Revenue % of
(In Thousands) Change
Unaudited From
1999 1998 Prior Year
Current period $53,925 $51,544 +4.6%
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PERIOD REVENUE AND STATISTICAL REPORT
(Unaudited)
Year-to-date and
Four Weeks Ended
January 24, January 25, %
1999 1998 Change
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CONSOLIDATED REVENUES - NET:
(in thousands)
Advertising $ 40,167 $ 38,372 4.7%
Circulation 12,020 11,729 2.5%
Other 1,738 1,443 20.4%
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Total $ 53,925 $ 51,544 4.6%
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AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION:
Phoenix:
Daily 499,689 497,396 0.5%
Sunday 627,434 623,468 0.6%
Indianapolis:
Morning 260,043 257,876 0.8%
Evening 33,256 38,978 -14.7%
Sunday 374,861 383,225 -2.2%
ADVERTISING LINAGE
FOR MAJOR DAILIES:
(Thousands of inches)
Full run ROP:
Retail 181.5 167.5 8.4%
National 38.8 30.7 26.5%
Classified 223.0 227.0 -1.7%
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Total 443.3 425.2 4.3%
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Part run ROP 16.0 15.8 1.7%
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FULL RUN LINAGE FOR
MAJOR MARKETS:
Phoenix 213.2 207.0 3.0%
Indianapolis 230.1 218.2 5.5%
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Total 443.3 425.2 4.3%
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NUMBER OF PREPRINTS DISTRIBUTED: 414 393 5.3%
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