The absence of these events combined with softer ad demand in the auto category unfavorably impacted our broadcasting segment results.

In our newspaper segment we reported advertising gains at our U.S. community newspapers, particularly in classified employment and real estate while auto remained soft.

Combined, they only have about 10 million subscribers. You can look at that as being the equivalent of a couple of major cities. I had satellite radio and it was OK, but at the end of the day you want to be connected to what's happening locally so you'll tune in to your local radio stations to find out what's happening there or what concerts are going to be coming to town.

Although we are on track with our expected results for personal auto and small commercial, our expected combined ratios for large commercial and homeowners will be higher than we anticipated at the beginning of the quarter.

The commercial segment produced the best results,

Two daily newspapers, competing editorially in the city of Detroit. That's the bottom line of today's transactions. Detroit is the winner here, and Gannett is proud we were able to make this happen,