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纽约时报公司出售《波士顿环球报》

来源:经济参考报 发布时间:2013-08-06 10:13 搜集整理:中国产业网

  The New York Times Company has agreed to sell its Boston Globe newspaper and other New England media assets to the owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team for $70m in cash,a steep discount on the $1.1bn the publisher paid for the newspaper in 1993.

  纽约时报公司周六(8月3日)宣布,同意以7000万美元现金将《波士顿环球报》和其他新英格兰媒体集团资产出售给波士顿红袜棒球队所有者约翰·亨利。这一价格与纽约时报公司1993年收购该报支付的11亿美元相比已大打折扣。(《金融时报》)

  《波士顿环球报》是美国最负盛名的几家报纸之一,目前发行量在美国报纸中排第17位。该报创刊于1872年,从1873年开始就由波士顿的泰勒家族拥有,直至被《纽约时报》收购。当时的收购价格创出了美国报纸收购史上的最高记录。

  The Times said the all-cash sale,expected to close in 30 to 60 days,includes BostonGlobe.com,Boston.com,The Worcester Telegram & Gazette,Telegram.com,the direct mail marketing company Globe Direct and the company’s 49 percent interest in Metro Boston,a free daily newspaper for commuters.

  纽约时报公司称,此项全现金收购计划预计将在30天至60天内完成。除《波士顿环球报》以外,此次出售的资产还包括:《波士顿环球报》网站、Boston.com、《沃塞斯特电讯报》及其网站、直邮营销公司Globe Direct以及免费日报Metro Boston的49%股权。(《华尔街日报》)

  The Times announced in February it was putting the Globe and related assets up for sale four years after calling off a previous attempt to sell it. The company’s CEO said at the time selling the Globe would help the company focus attention on The New York Times brand.

  纽约时报公司在2月宣布了出售《波士顿环球报》及相关资产的计划。公司首席执行官表示,出售《波士顿环球报》将有助于公司集中精力于拓展《纽约时报》品牌。早在4年前,纽约时报公司就曾宣布过出售《波士顿环球报》,后又取消了该计划。(《华尔街日报》)

  The New England properties were the last pieces of a once much bigger New York Times Co empire. The company has sold off everything - TV and radio assets,dozens of U.S. regional papers,digital companies,and its stakes in sports ventures - to focus solely on its flagship and international edition.

  新英格兰媒体集团是昔日强大的纽约时报公司所剩无几的分支之一。为了专注于旗舰业务和国际版业务,纽约时报公司已抛售了电视和广播业务、数十份美国地方报、数码公司和其在体育企业中的股份等大量资产。(路透社)

  Like many US newspapers,the Globe has been hit by a slump in advertising revenue with circulation declining.The Globe enjoyed a weekday circulation of more than half a million in the early 1990s,but this has fallen off as readers migrated to the internet.

  同许多美国报纸一样,《波士顿环球报》深受广告收入大幅下降和报纸发行量减少的冲击。在90年代初期,《波士顿环球报》的工作日发行量为逾50万份,但由于读者转向网络,发行量便每况愈下。(英国广播公司)

  The Globe isn’t the only newspaper to see a huge drop in its price at sale time.In April 2012,Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers sold for $55 million,a fraction of the $515 million paid by a group of investors in 2006.

  《波士顿环球报》并不是唯一出售价格大幅下降的报纸。2012年4月,美国费城两家最大的报纸以5500万美元的价格售出,该价格仅为2006年投资者为其支付的5.15亿美元收购价格的一小部分。(《华尔街日报》)

  Driving these deals,one way or another,is the collapse of the newspaper print ad market over the past few years—which shows no signs of stopping.U.S. print advertising fell 55% from 2007 to 2012,according to the Newspaper Association of America. A further drop of 6.2% is expected this year,and a 6.8% decline next year,predicts Magna Global,a division of IPG Mediabrands.Another media agency,ZenithOptimedia,expects total ad spending on newspapers to fall 8% annually in the years ahead. At that rate,the total market for print newspaper ads would be reduced to less than $10 billion over the next decade from $49.3 billion in 2006.

  促成这些交易的一大原因是过去几年中报纸平面广告市场的衰落,这一状况目前仍没有停止的迹象。根据美国报业协会提供的数据,美国平面广告从2007年到2012年间下滑了55%。IPG旗下盟博广告公司的分支玛格纳环球预测,预计今年该市场将再下滑6.2%,明年将下降6.8%。另一家媒体机构实力传播集团则预计,报纸的广告总开支在未来几年中将每年下降8%。按照这一速度,在未来10年里,整个平面报纸广告市场将从2006年的493亿美元萎缩至不到100亿美元。(《华尔街日报》)

  The newspaper industry has struggled to stay afloat amid the digital transformation. Big US city newspapers,such as the Boston Globe,have been particularly hard hit. Metro newspapers historically generated a larger portion of their revenues through classified ads,making them especially vulnerable to the rise of the web and direct online competitors such as Craigslist.

  报业发展在数字化变革的过程中举步维艰。《波士顿环球报》等美国大型都市报更是受到严重打击。在地铁上发行的报纸的销售收入中,很大一部分来自于分类广告,这使得这类报纸在面对网络的崛起和来自Craigslist等广告网站的直接竞争时格外脆弱。

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