Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> December 16, 2002

Outlook For Publishing Stocks: Brian Shipman – Ubs Warburg

BRIAN SHIPMAN is a director in the communications group of UBS Warburg equity research. An analyst since 1997, he specializes in coverage of the publishing industry. In 2002, he was ranked fourth in stock picking in the advertising and publishing category by The Wall Street Journal Best On The Street survey. Before joining UBS Warburg, Mr. Shipman was senior publishing and advertising analyst at Robertson Stephens. Prior to that, Mr. Shipman was senior publishing analyst at Prudential Securities and worked in the research department at UBS Securities. Mr. Shipman holds an MBA from the University of Oregon and a BA in economics and management from Albion College. Profile
TWST: Would you start out with a quick overview of your coverage at UBS

Warburg?

Mr. Shipman: It's predominantly focused on the newspaper publishing

industry, with a couple of magazine