We do think that retail will continue its sluggish performance and we're working hard to make sure that we're getting more smaller ads in the newspapers to make up for that.

We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment, ... Sluggish retail advertising and continued declines in automotive reduced the rate of revenue growth in the quarter. But our real estate and employment advertising remained strong both in print and online, with online advertising showing continued strength in all categories.

We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment.

Our investigation at the Star Tribune was thorough, involving thousands of pages of circulation records and hundreds of interviews with employees and independent contractors. We see no need to restate any circulation numbers reported [to the Audit Bureau of Circulation] by the newspaper.

It's possible that (contract farming) could go another year.

We are having a good fourth quarter, which has led us to raise our estimates of full-year earnings for 1999.

We see no reason to restate any circulation numbers reported by the Star Tribune.

Football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse are going to probably be the priorities from an athletic facility standpoint.

I think the best-case scenario, we will design the park next year and break ground on park construction in 2007.