E.W. Scripps Earnings Preview

E.W. Scripps (SSP) reports before the open on Thursday. The company preannounced a shortfall late last year related primarily to continuing disappointing results at the Shop At Home division. Therefore, there should be little surprise in the headline EPS number which is projected at 49 cents for 4Q05. That would bring the year in at […]

E.W. Scripps: No Sign of Weakness Yet at Cable Networks

E.W. Scripps (SSP) reported earnings in line with consensus but stronger than I had been anticipating. I came quite close to buying October or November at the money puts yesterday but in the end I decided against. As noted in my preview comment, I have a growing concern that fundamentals of the cable network business […]