Stock | In race to the bottom, publishers beat Dow

[Updated 3:53 p.m. ET Sept. 24 to correct biggest GCI weekly drop]

U.S. stocks edged higher today, trimming steep weekly losses that still amounted to the Dow Jones Industrial's worst week since October 2008, according to MarketWatch.

For the week, the blue-chip index lost 6.4% as investors sought cash on slashed expectations the Federal Reserve and European policy makers would quickly stabilize the global economy. The S&P 500 index also fell 6.4%.

Investors beat up shares of most newspaper publishers even more. Closing prices today, and their performance for the week:

• Gannett: $9.09, down 9.7%
• Lee: 84 cents, down 0.4%
• Media General: $1.88, down 10%
• McClatchy: $1.33, down 8.3%
• New York Times Co.: $5.79, down 20%
• E.W. Scripps: $7.03, down 10%

GCI's worst week?
Over the past three years, it came Friday, March 6, 2009, July 10, 2009, when shares closed at $2.20 $3.19, down 32.1% 33.3% from the prior week, according to Google Finance data. (Spreadsheet shows weekly percentage price change since Sept. 26, 2008.)

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