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Chicago, IL – October 20, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI), Washington Post Company (WPO), Journal Communications (JRN), McClatchy Company (MNI) and The New York Times Company (NYT).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s AnalystBlog:

Gannett Beats Zacks Consensus

Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI), the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., recently reported third-quarter 2009 results. Despite a faltering economy and decline in print advertising revenue, the company’s earnings topped expectations, buoyed by effective cost-cutting measures, lower newsprint expense,

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Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI), the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., recently reported third-quarter 2009 results. Despite a faltering economy and decline in print advertising revenue, the company’s earnings topped expectations, buoyed by effective cost-cutting measures, lower newsprint expense, reduction in headcount and pay cuts. Operating expenses dropped 14.4% to $1,179.6 million. Gannett’s quarterly earnings of 44 cents a share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents as well as the company’s expected guidance range of 39 cents to 42 cents a share. However, earnings fell 42.1% year-on-year from 76 cents reported in the prior-year quarter due to an 18.4% decline registered in the total revenue of $1,336.6 million. On a reported basis, including one-time items, earnings came in at 31 cents a share, down 55.1% from 69 cents posted in the year-ago quarter. Gannett is facing the same dramatic decline in advertising revenue ...

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One World Ventures, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: OWVI) today announced that earlier this year Tutamen was awarded a contract to provide table top convection ovens by a leading international confectioner. These ovens are distributed to many of the nation’s hotels and other hospitality locations and models are being developed for the international market. The Convection ovens were engineered, designed, procured and sourced by Tutamen and built by one of its many Chinese manufacturing partners. The contractual agreement gives Tutamen ownership of

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As traditional print media continues its steep declines in advertising sales and circulation, publishers are struggling to come up with new and creative ways to generate revenue.

Ad revenues in the newspaper industry plunged 16.7% last year to $37.8 million r, according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). The 2009 take is estimated to fall another 17.3% to $31.6 billion according to Alan Mutter, a Silicon Valley executive who once lead the newsrooms of the Chicago Sun-Times and San Francisco Chronicle and now writes a blog titled “Reflections of a Newsosaur.”

Mutter’s estimate would put ad revenues at their lowest levels since 1965, when the industry took in $4.42 billion, or $30.22 billion when adjusted for inflation, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) reported.

While the worst economic downturn since World War II has eviscerated the fortunes of print media companies like The New York Times Co. (NYSE:

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Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), announces the nominees for the 2009 Aberdeen Industry Achievement Awards in Marketing Excellence. This year’s nominees hail from an extensive list of formidable players in the industry and each have an impressive marketing success story that led to their nomination.

SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced the one-watt Motorola r765 has been added to its product portfolio. The r765 is a military-tough, radio-inspired phone, which will appeal to users who work in rugged, remote or noisy environments and require power, durability and immediate communications.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

The Allstate Corp (ALL) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Argo Group International Holdings Ltd (AGII) Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc (AVRNQ) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) Benchmark Electronics Inc (BHE) Bristow Group Inc (BRS) BRT Realty Trust (BRT) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Callaway Golf Co (ELY) Columbus McKinnon Corp (CMCO) Comtech Telecommunications Corp (CMTL) Connecticut Water Service Inc (CTWS) Credicorp Ltd (BAP) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Cynosure Inc (CYNO) Dayton Superior Corp (DSUPQ) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (ETH) Fuel Tech Inc (FTEK) Gannett Co Inc (GCI) Harleysville Group Inc (HGIC) Hartford Financial Services (HIG) Haverty Furniture Companies Inc (HVT) Independent Bank Corp ...

Highlights include Washington Post Company (WPO), The New York Times Co. (NYT), The McClatchy Company (MNI), Gannett Co, Inc. (GCI) and The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP).WPO: Margins Contract in Mainstay Education BusinessWashington Post Company (WPO) posted 1Q09 results that proves even the higher education business isn't impervious to a recession.The publisher of its namesake newspaper and Newsweek magazine reported that 1Q09 EPS from continuing operations excluding one-time charges plunged to $0.41, grossly missing our estimate of $3.37 and the consensus of $3.48. EPS in 1Q08 was $5.68. Including the myriad charges, the company lost $2.04 in 1Q09, after earning $4.08 for 1Q08.As expected, strong cable TV earnings partially offset accelerating declines in the company's newspaper, magazine and television broadcasting businesses -- which together generate nearly one-third of the company's revenue. Unexpected, however, was the margin contraction ...

Abu Dhabi Buys Daimler Stake; Tata Launches Nano; Walgreen Beats 2Q Estimates; Banks Hurt by Plunging Commercial Property Prices; Gannett Furloughs Workers Again; Oil Nears 3-Month High; TreeHouse Foods Climbs on Private-Label Buying

Abu Dhabi’s state-controlled International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) said it would buy a 9.1% stake in the German automaker Daimler AG (DAI) for almost $2.72 billion (2 billion euros). It also pumped $1.41 billion into Aabar Investment PJSC, giving the Middle East emirate majority control in the IPIC, Reuters reported. Tata Motors Ltd. (ADR: TTM) announced it will begin sales of the Nano, the world’s ...

Highlights include Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI) and The New York Times Company (NYT).Gannett Outlook Gloomy Despite Strong Growth at USATODAY.comGannett (GCI) shares rocketed 14% today after the company reported that online advertising revenue at USA Today, its flagship domestic paper, grew 27% year-over-year in February.This is the largest online revenue increase among the national newspapers, and is in stark contrast to many, including The New York Times (NYT), which began to suffer recession-induced declines in online ad revenues in 4Q08. The Tech section of USATODAY.com drove growth, doubling its unique visitors to 1.9 million.Newspapers have scrambled to build website operations as readers and advertisers move online. Many are now suffering the consequences of an ad-only business model. Future survival will likely necessitate a fee-based system, whether in the form of subscriptions or micro-payments for mini-subscriptions (columns, blogs, ...

Consumer Confidence at All-Time Low; Home Prices Continue Collapse; OPEC Still Not Satisfied; Whirlpool Circles the Drain; Optimistic Wall Street; Banks Balk on Buyout; Stop the Presses?

* The Conference Board said yesterday (Tuesday) that its consumer confidence index fell to 38 – the lowest level since the Conference Board began tracking consumer sentiment in 1967. The index registered a revised 61.4 in September, which makes this month’s drop the third-steepest drop on record. A year ago, the index stood at 95.2.

* The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index dropped a record 16.6% from August last year – the largest drop since its inception in 2000, The Associated Press reported. Prices in the 20-city index have plummeted more than 20% since peaking in July 2006, the group reported. The 10-city index tumbled 17.7% — the biggest decline in its 21-year history.

* The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday (Tuesday)

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