Gary Pruitt Quotes

We are having a good fourth quarter, which has led us to raise our estimates of full-year earnings for 1999. - Gary Pruitt

We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment... Sluggish retail advertising and continued declines in automotive reduced the rate of revenue growth in the quarter. But our real estate and employment advertising remained strong both in print and online, with online advertising showing continued strength in all categories. - Gary Pruitt

This puts us back in the breaking news business and back into the continuous news mode. - Gary Pruitt

These are terrific publications but simply do not fit with our long- standing acquisition and operating strategies. - Gary Pruitt

These are high quality papers, they're doing well, and we expect to sustain and further their journalism. - Gary Pruitt

There could be additional land available. - Gary Pruitt

The markets we're retaining have a leg up. They are growing at a quicker rate, and with that economic growth comes more readers, more advertisers. The rising tide tends to lift all ships. - Gary Pruitt

The conventional wisdom is that newspapers are dead. That's the view out there, but it couldn't be more wrong. - Gary Pruitt

The 11.5 times multiple -- which is two full turns higher than the 9.5 times multiple we paid for the whole of Knight Ridder -- demonstrates that these are strong newspapers with great value to companies whose strategies fit them. - Gary Pruitt

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