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Newspapers: Number of publicly-traded companies showing profit (2016)

Year Profit Loss
2006 6 3
2007 5 4
2008 0 8
2009 4 4
2010 6 2
2011 3 5
2012 5 3
2013 6 2
2014 8 1
2015 5 3

Note: Chart shows net profit for entire company, which for some companies includes revenue and expenses from television stations, websites or other media holdings. Source: Year-end SEC filings of publicly traded companies that own newspapers. “State of the News Media 2016”

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