Profitability at a Dallas Newspaper

profitability

What this case is about

Your client is a regional newspaper based in Dallas, and its profits are declining. It wants you to diagnose the causes and recommend how to restore profitability. It also wants your view on a proposed printing press that reduces ink waste.

Objective

Establish how competition and content quality are affecting readership, identify the cost drivers behind lower margins, and recommend actions, including whether the printing press meets the two-year payback goal.

Skills this case tests

Structuring the problem
Reading the data
Working the numbers
Judgement and recommendation