tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post5140945518273285912..comments2023-10-12T11:32:27.836-04:00Comments on paulconley: College Tour, Part 4: Show them the moneyUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-23484175483504720952008-04-03T15:16:00.000-04:002008-04-03T15:16:00.000-04:00>Spot on, Paul. I'd add one additional extension:M...<< Profit margins aren't a forward-looking measurement. They are a backward-looking measurement. More important -- far, far, far more important -- is that profit margins in the publishing industry are often dictated by the banks and other institutions that lend money to publishing companies. >><BR/>Spot on, Paul. I'd add one additional extension:<BR/><BR/>Media businesses have high fixed costs. tgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802900954588946200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-36037118092930428942008-03-30T11:48:00.000-04:002008-03-30T11:48:00.000-04:00"Profit margins aren't a forward-looking measureme..."Profit margins aren't a forward-looking measurement. They are a backward-looking measurement."<BR/><BR/>That's a great way to put it. I just had a meeting yesterday with my team where it took me about a half hour to say exactly that.<BR/><BR/>In a fast paced environment, today's challenges are not reflected in last quarter's numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-54933462675198824772008-03-30T10:18:00.000-04:002008-03-30T10:18:00.000-04:00Paul,Although it wasn't your focus, you've identif...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Although it wasn't your focus, you've identified one of the major problems with j-schools: the students.<BR/><BR/>My experience as an employer is that schools of journalism and mass communication often function as aggregators of under-talented and under-motivated students looking for a place to drift without seeming to. Math is a problem for these students because they shy away Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com