Central Newspapers Reports Revenues for Four Weeks Ended July 26, 1998.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 13, 1998--Central Newspapers, Inc. today announced an increase of 4.8% in revenues for the four weeks ended July July: see month. 26, 1998, compared with the four weeks ended July 27, 1997. Advertising revenue increased 4.9% on a 5.1% 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
1998 1997 Prior Year
Current period $52,500 $50,104 +4.8%
Year-to-Date $426,221 $400,825 +6.3%
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CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS, INC.
PERIOD REVENUE AND STATISTICAL REPORT
(Unaudited)
FOUR WEEKS ENDED THIRTY WEEKS ENDED
July 26, July 27, % July 26, July 27, %
1998 1997 Change 1998 1997 Change
CONSOLIDATED
REVENUES - NET:
(in thousands)
Advertising $38,429 $36,643 4.9% $314,924 $303,002 3.9%
Circulation 11,060 11,016 0.4% 86,899 81,918 6.1%
Other 3,011 2,445 23.1% 24,398 15,905 53.4%
Total $52,500 $50,104 4.8% $426,221 $400,825 6.3%
AVERAGE PAID
CIRCULATION:
Phoenix:
Daily (1) 420,516 421,937 -0.3% 478,742 461,290 3.8%
Sunday 532,967 536,149 -0.6% 592,114 585,355 1.2%
Indianapolis:
Morning 222,193 218,851 1.5% 237,212 227,748 4.2%
Evening 35,048 40,110 -12.6% 36,895 42,994 -14.2%
Sunday 373,617 380,842 -1.9% 388,571 391,800 -0.8%
ADVERTISING
LINAGE FOR MAJOR
DAILIES: (2)
(Thousands of inches)
Full run ROP:
Retail 174.0 158.0 10.1% 1,466.6 1,429.3 2.6%
National 32.5 34.9 -6.9% 252.6 254.2 -0.6%
Classified 240.0 232.1 3.4% 1,817.1 1,810.0 0.4%
Total 446.5 425.0 5.1% 3,536.3 3,493.5 1.2%
Part run ROP 94.4 100.1 -5.6% 880.1 782.0 12.5%
FULL RUN LINAGE
FOR MAJOR MARKETS:
Phoenix (2) 201.5 194.0 3.9% 1,644.6 1,589.9 3.4%
Indianapolis 245.0 231.0 6.0% 1,891.7 1,903.6 -0.6%
Total 446.5 425.0 5.1% 3,536.3 3,493.5 1.2%
NUMBER OF PREPRINTS 328 396 -17.2% 3,191 3,025 5.5%
DISTRIBUTED
(1) Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. ceased publication of its evening paper,
The Phoenix Gazette, in January 1997. Daily circulation includes
combined morning and evening circulation for the prior year.
(2) For comparability, linage statistics have been adjusted to
exclude The Phoenix Gazette for the prior year.
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