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Blade Communications Inc. |
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PROFILE |
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Blade Communications (BCI) is cutting through to its readers. The company owns and operates Toledo, Ohio's newspaper, "The Blade," as well as the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette." BCI also owns a handful of broadcast TV stations, cable service providers (including Ohio's Buckeye Telesystem), and a stake in the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. Block family patriarch Paul Block launched the family fortune when he bought "The Blade" for $4.5 million in 1926. A year later he bought the "Post-Gazette." After his death in 1941, Block's sons took over management of the family-owned business. In 1992 Blade bought "Post-Gazette" rival "The Press" from Scripps Howard and discontinued the paper.
COMPETITION |
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 420.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 6.8%
Employees: 2,700
Revenue per employee: $155,555.56
KEY PEOPLE |
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William Block
CEO
Gary J. Blair
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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541 N. Superior St.
Toledo, OH 43660
US
Phone: 419-724-6000
Fax: 419-724-6080
Online: Web Site
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