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Media General, Inc. (MEG)

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An independent, publicly owned communications company situated in the Southeast with interests in newspapers, television stations, and interactive media.

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Media General, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $8.53
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:01 PM
Open: $8.50
Previous Close: $8.22
Daily Range: $8.40 - $8.76
52-Week Range: $1.25 - $11.65
Volume: 132,656
Market Cap: $194.42M
P/E Ratio: 351.75
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Media General, Inc. (MEG)

Avatar RobertSheard (59.58) Submitted: 7/11/06 3:38 PM

A turn-around play. MEG has slid from the 70s down to the 30s in the past year and looks to be turning the corner.

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Avatar DarthMaul09 (33.46) Submitted: 9/30/09 12:59 AM

Media stocks in general have rebounded nicely over the last few months, presumably due do cost cutting and the hope of improved revenue as business activity increases. So now that these stocks have rebounded up, they offer a great shorting opportunity if you believe that expectations are overly opt...More

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Avatar DarthMaul09 (33.46) Submitted: 9/30/09 12:59 AM : Underperform Start Price: $9.14 MEG Score: 7.48

Media stocks in general have rebounded nicely over the last few months, presumably due do cost cutting and the hope of improved revenue as business activity increases. So now that these stocks have rebounded up, they offer a great shorting opportunity if you believe that expectations are overly optimistic. When you consider that any additional overhead cuts will likely impair the productive parts of their business, then it becomes apparent how little a margin of error these businesses have between prosperity and bankruptcy.

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Avatar toshimelonhead (29.15) Submitted: 8/14/09 4:50 PM : Underperform Start Price: $6.76 MEG Score: -17.20

Piggybacking from BravoBevo.

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Avatar cashsage (32.22) Submitted: 7/28/09 2:53 PM : Underperform Start Price: $4.57 MEG Score: -76.83

MEG has a too high valuation compared to its sales potential. It is also loss making.

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Avatar TheParadox (97.10) Submitted: 12/30/08 7:23 AM : Underperform Start Price: $12.34 MEG Score: 19.17

i used to live in tampa, in fact i grew up there. And as a kid, i remember sunday morning breakfast sitting at the table with eggs and oragne juice, while my mom flipped page after page in the tampa tribune. It pains me to do this, but i gave MEG a thumbs down, and started to watched it drift downwards.

If anything can be learned from the nearly 90% drop so far (as of now), letting personal feelings into investments is never a good idea...

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Avatar supercoffee (71.71) Submitted: 9/18/08 3:12 PM : Underperform Start Price: $14.89 MEG Score: 35.28

I HATE THIS STOCK ITS GOING LOWER SO SELL IT

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