About Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
• Established 1997, through the combination of the Hearst Broadcasting group and
Argyle Television, Inc.
• Publicly Traded on New York Stock Exchange (Symbol “HTV”)
• 2006 Financial Statistics:
o Revenue: $ 785.4 million
o EBITDA (1): $ 287.9 million
o Operating Income: $ 228.8 million
o Net Income: $ 98.7 million
o Shares Outstanding: 93 million
o Dividends per Common Share: $ 0.28
• Total Assets: $3,958.1 million
• Long-Term Debt: $ 777.1 million
• Primary Revenue Source: Broadcast Advertising
o Major categories of advertisers: Automotive, Retail,
Furniture/Housewares, Financial Services, Corporate Packaged Goods,
Fast Foods, Movies, Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, Political campaigns
o Other revenue sources: Digital media advertising; retransmission-
consent payments from program distributors
• Ownership: Majority-owned by Hearst Corporation
(www.hearst.com), the diversified media company whose other
interests include newspapers, magazines and cable programming
networks; the balance is held mostly by public shareholders
• Employees: Approximately 3,000 full-time
(1) EBITDA is a non-GAAP meas ure. Fo r a reco ncilia tion of th is and othe r non-GAAP meas ures to GAAP financia ls in accordance
with Regulation G, please see t he “GAAP reconcil iation” sect ion of the Hearst-Ar gyle Television Web s ite, www.hearstar gyle.co m.
