The revenue gain, of 3 percent, was the group's first since 2000.

Instead of a revenue gain, a net loss is all but inevitable.

And of course it hopes for additional revenue gains because there will be more advertisements on every page.

Its magazine income rose by 2 percent, to $492 million, on revenue gains of 8 percent.

But excluding revenue gains largely from the three acquired companies, sales declined 42 percent, to $162.6 million.

The revenue gain was led by sales of data services, which nearly tripled.

The revenue gains were even better, up 18.7 percent, to an estimated $364 million.

As a result, much of the latest revenue gains came from savings rather than revenues.

The revenue gains came on a 12.4 percent increase in calling volume in the last year.

Snack foods, also led by strong international sales, posted a revenue gain of 16 percent, to $1.23 billion.