Plunges, Plummets & Slides: First Quarter, 2009

I'm passing these along on a Friday because no matter how bad the news is, you should never be depressed on a Friday.

- Gannett, Media General (Newspaper Mogul) Revenue down 18%
- Magazine Ad pages plummet 26%
- Ad revenue likely to plummet 30% for some newspapers in Q1 2009
- NBCU profits plunge 45% in Q1
- Global ad spending down 6.7%
- Radio Deals fall below $1 billion for first time since 2001
- Emmis Domestic Radio slides 20.7%

[stat courtsey of MediaBuyerPlanner]

So, Magazine, Radio, Television, Newspaper - all slumping.