MILWAUKEE (AP) — Journal Communications Inc. said Thursday its profits rose 24 percent in the last quarter, as the media company’s broadcasting segment benefited from heavy spending on political advertising

The Milwaukee-based publisher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin’s largest newspaper, reported net earnings of $7.6 million, or 13 cents per share. That’s up from earnings of $6.1 million, or 10 cents per share, in the second quarter of last year.