Trinity Mirror PLC (LON:TNI) upped its dividend even though it was hit by another six months of declining newspaper revenues and profits.
Revenues in the half year to June fell almost 15% to £320mln, or by 9.3% on a like-for-like basis, with profits 12% lower at £47.3mln.
The provision for the phone hacking scandal rose £7.5mln to £15.4mln and the group said there was still there was still uncertainty over how much the scandal would cost it eventually.
The Mirror owner has been cutting costs to offset the weak revenues. It saved £10mln through retrenchment in the first half and has upped its target for the full year to £20mln, £5mln above the original after another cull of regional managers.
Simon Cox, chief executive, said revenues should improve in the second half in spite of the volatile environment for the print industry,
The interim dividend rises to 2.25p from 2.1p.