THANKS — AND WE AREN'T A DINOSAUR: During the last quarterly earnings call for Dow Jones as a stand-alone company (since the deal with News Corp. is set to close in December), chief executive officer Richard Zannino took a few seconds to extend "best wishes" to those on the Street who have supported the company, and also addressed the press critics. "We are not the wounded and malnourished media dinosaur that many in the press have recently portrayed us to be," Zannino insisted.

That may be true, but the company's net income for the third quarter plummeted 87 percent to $13.7 million from $105.4 million during the same period a year ago. Total revenue was up 20 percent to $493.3 million over the third quarter in 2006, but after adjustments for acquisitions, revenue increased 1.8 percent.

Print advertising at The Wall Street Journal's U.S. edition declined 2.9 percent; however, Zannino predicts growth during the fourth quarter in print ad revenue and a 20 percent hike in online ad revenue.
— Amy Wicks

CORRECTION: Sean Fenlon is Alpha Media Group's new director of manufacturing and distribution. This was incorrect in a Memo Pad item, Thursday.