March 17 (Reuters) - Fp Newspapers Inc FP.V
* Fp newspapers inc. Reports fourth quarter 2016 results
* Fp newspapers inc - revenue for three months ended dec 31, 2016 was $20.9 million, a decrease of $2.2 million or 9.7% from same three months in prior year
* Fp newspapers inc says expect declining print advertising revenue trend that's been experienced for past number of years will continue in 2017
* Fp newspapers inc - due to continued declines in revenue and earnings, fplp recorded an impairment charge relating to goodwill of $10.0 million during q4
* Fp newspapers inc - "print ad revenues for first two months of 2017 are showing a 15.0% decline versus same period last year"
* Fp newspapers -in 2017 planning to reduce employee compensation costs by further $2.2 million through combination of retirements, voluntary,involuntary layoffs
* Qtrly loss per share $0.601 Source text for Eikon: ID:nCCN42WfgH Further company coverage: FP.V