While Hearst can trace its origins to newspapers and magazines, its present revenue is driven by TV, and going forward, it will increasingly be driven by B2B business like Fitch and MCG.

An ABC newsmagazine program will feature a case involving the murder of a Three Rivers woman dating to 1988.

Swartz credited the company’s “superior quality” of local journalism in helping drive local TV ad sales, and he also pointed to Fitch, Hearst’s bond-rating and data company, as a strong ...