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With 2012's first earnings season well under way, let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead: Here's why you should be watching one major mall owner, two tech giants, three homebuilders and a couple of old media behemoths.

Gannett's third-quarter profit beat the Street, but disappointing revenue plunged shares 8.8%. The company's revenue remained flat, missing analyst forecasts, as its newspaper operations declined 5%.

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Friday (last updated at 7:33 a.m. Eastern time): Gambling With Welfare Benefits: In the U.S., welfare payments are made electronically in the form of Electronic Benefits Transfer cards, which work similarly to debit...

The nation's second-largest newspaper is planning to lay off 130 business and newsroom employees as part of an overhaul to de-emphasize the print edition and works to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices.

Only one of the 25 largest U.S. newspapers increased its circulation in the last six months: The Wall Street Journal. USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times were all down significantly. The Journal's gain was slight, but it sure beat a drop.

Employees at Gannett's flagship newspaper must be insanely dedicated: Why else would its publisher feel the need to explain to them exactly what it means to be forced to take a week off. But that's just what Dave Hunke decided his already-depressed workforce needed to hear.

Correctly or naively, print publishers all seem to think the iPad, Apple's new touchscreen tablet computer, is going to save their hides -- and Wall Street seems to agree, at least cautiously, as several print media companies saw their stocks rise today.

The Washington Post (WPO) has long been one of a handful of what can rightfully claim to be great national newspapers. No longer. As of this week, the Post is adopting a humbler but perhaps savvier goal: to be a great regional newspaper -- albeit one with a national readership. Years in the...

For media companies dependent on (and getting pummeled by) advertising, a new report says there's a bright spot among the darkness: local online advertising. Borrell Associates, a researcher focusing on local media, says online local advertising will increase about 11 percent this year, to $14.4...

Shares of Gannett Co. (GCI), the world's largest newspaper publisher, rose more than 16 percent in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected second quarter results. Net income at the McLean, Virginia-based parent of USA Today was $70.5 million, or 30 cents a share,...