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