News Corp. reported third quarter sales for the period ending March 31 after the close of the market Wednesday. In a departure from recent reports, the release actually mentions their book publishing unit by unit, once, in this morsel: Profits fell in their newspaper-dominated publishing business unit, but “the decline was partially offset by improved contributions from Dow Jones, HarperCollins and the integrated marketing services business.” In a brief statement of their own, Harper said they had “a terrific quarter across the board” thanks to “lower returns and higher ebook sales in most areas.” Worldwide digital sales for the quarter […]
