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Publishing Is Not Dying

Harvard Business Review

Last year, News Corp’s newspaper division reported EBITDA of $795 million on $6.7 Even The New York Times —which, as I’ve noted , has not run its business well— achieved 8% net margins in 2013—not great, but not exactly a tragedy either. However, even here the story isn’t as bleak as many think.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners. Codify best practices.

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Hiring Veterans Is Good Business. So Why Don't We Do It More Often?

Harvard Business Review

But consider this equally inscrutable language: The value is multiples of EBITDA, assuming the back-office cost synergy targets are achievable. Where I was unable to spell my own name or barely speak in 2008, I am now projecting revenue growth and cash flows in 2013."

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