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Australasian media group APN, which is part-owned by Independent News & Media, today cut its annual profit forecast 8.6 per cent, saying slowing economic growth had curbed advertising sales.

Earnings before items will be at the lower end of analyst estimates of A$148 million (€78 million) in the 2008 calendar year, Sydney-based APN said in a statement today.