Consumer >> Sector Roundtables >> October 27, 2003
EDWARD J. ATORINO, CFA, has been an analyst on Wall Street for over 30
years, following publishing, broadcasting, advertising, business
services and related areas at Fulcrum Global Partners LLC, Blaylock &
Partners, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Oppenheimer & Co., Dillon
Read, Salomon Brothers, and Smith Barney. He has been awarded several
stock-picking awards over the course of his career, and has been ranked
by Institutional Investor 20 times. He ranked number one publishing
analyst in The Wall Street Journal's 'Best on the Street Survey.' He has
an MBA from New York University. He holds the Series 7, and 63
licenses and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts
and the Media and Entertainment Analysts of New York. Profile
DOUGLAS M. ARTHUR joined Morgan Stanley in late 1994 as a Principal
covering the publishing industry. He was promoted to Managing Director
in 1997. He came to Morgan Stanley after an almost 14-year stint at
Kidder, Peabody, where he was an equity analyst covering industries
ranging from paper/forest products and business services to publishing,
which he assumed coverage of in 1991. He was ranked as Third Team in
2002 and First Team in 2001 by Institutional Investor, and was
previously ranked Third and Runner-up for the last nine years. He also
ranked fifth in the recent Greenwich Research poll after placing second
in the last two years, as well as ranking first in the 2001 Reuters
Poll, and fourth in the 2001 Wall Street Journal stock picking poll. He
is the president of the Media and Entertainment Analyst Society of New
York. Prior to joining Kidder, he worked at Chemical Bank. He graduated
from Colgate University in 1979 with a BA in History and Art History. He
earned a CFA in 1989. Profile
TWST: Doug, what has gone on in the publishing industry from a marketperspective so far this year?
Mr. Arthur: Most publishing stocks and specifically the newspapers have
significantly