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Media analyst
Edward Atorino says of Belo's decision to split its television and newspaper units into separate, publicly traded companies: "This may give the newspaper managements a way to look at the future from two perspectives. One, 'We've got a problem business that's going to take time to work out. We believe in the future, so let's put it over there and work on it. Meanwhile, let's not penalize our broadcast business and not penalize our stock price.'" || Analysis from
Rick Edmonds and
Ken Doctor.
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CEO: This isn't the first step in preparation for sale, privatization (S-T)
