Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> June 16, 2003

Media Stocks: Edward Atorino – Blaylock & Partners Lp

EDWARD J. ATORINO, CFA, has been an analyst on Wall Street for over 30 years, following publishing, broadcasting, advertising, business services and related areas at Fulcrum Global Partners LLC, Blaylock & Partners, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Oppenheimer & Co., Dillon Read, Salomon Brothers, and Smith Barney. He has been awarded several stock-picking awards over the course of his career, and has been ranked by Institutional Investor 20 times. He ranked number one publishing analyst in The Wall Street Journal's 'Best on the Street Survey.' He has an MBA from New York University. He holds the Series 7, and 63 licenses and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Media and Entertainment Analysts of New York. Profile
TWST: How has the media sector performed over the last six

months?

Mr. Atorino: So far this year it's been a very mixed environment.

The television business, as you may have read in the last