Report
Brian Han
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Hell's Kitchen of an Advertising Market but Seven Progressing on Matters within Own Control

We view Seven West Media's recent earnings guidance downgrade as mostly a cyclically driven event. The advertising market is feeling the effects of a sluggish economic backdrop. Despite the one-off boost from election-related expenditures, marketing spend on free-to-air TV is tracking down mid-single-digit percentage points in the current June-half to-date. To make matters worse, a tough prior-year comparison (Commonwealth Games) and lack of sizzle from the MKR franchise have impacted Seven's TV...
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Seven West Media

Seven West Media has four reportable segments: Television, which is engaged in the production and operation of commercial television programming and stations; Newspapers, which is comprised of the publishers of newspapers and insert magazines in Western Australia, Quokka (weekly classified advertising publication), Colourpress, Digital publishing and West Australian Publishers; Pacific -which is comprised of the publishers of magazines in print and digital editions as well as social and e-commerce business; as well as Other Business and New Ventures, which is made up of equity accounted investees; Radio (radio stations broadcasting in regional areas of Western Australia) and RED Live..

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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