News Corp.’s February second quarter earnings report gave no numbers on the performance of HarperCollins–but an amended proxy statement outlining more details on the planned publishing division spinoff (aka New News Corp) provided real financial data on the book publisher’s fiscal 2013 so far. For the second quarter, Harper sales were $377 million, up 25 percent from $301 million a year ago, with EBITDA of $51 million, up 24 percent from $41 million the previous year. In the original filing, posted on December 20, Harper reported first quarter sales of $352 million and EBITDA of $40 million. For both quarters, the […]
