Gannett Company, Inc. is a
publicly-tradedA publicly-traded company is a company that has permission to offer its registered securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or occasionally a company whose stock is traded over the counter via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services.-Securities...
media
holding companyA holding company is a company that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only purpose is owning shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow the...
based in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the largest U.S.
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper
USA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
and the weekly
USA WeekendUSA WEEKEND Magazine is a national publication distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States. It reaches 49 million readers in 23 million households every weekend. Awarded for its journalism and design, USA WEEKEND focuses on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel...
. Its largest non-national newspaper is
The Arizona RepublicThe Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was...
in
PhoenixPhoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States...
. Other large newspapers include
The Indianapolis StarThe Indianapolis Star is a daily newspaper which began publishing on June 6, 1903.It began as a morning daily paper in competition with two other Indianapolis dailies, the Indianapolis Journal and the Indianapolis Sentinel, which it eventually took over. In 1948, The Star owner Eugene C. Pulliam...
,
The Cincinnati EnquirerThe Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) and Northern Kentucky. The...
,
The TennesseanThe Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky....
in
NashvilleNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
,
The Courier-JournalThe Courier-Journal, nicknamed the "C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky.The Courier-Journal also owns...
in
LouisvilleLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
,
The Des Moines Register,
The Honolulu Advertiser, the
Detroit Free PressThe Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
and
The News-Press in
Fort MyersFort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 48,208 in the 2000 census. According to 2008 estimates, the population is 68,689....
.
Gannett Company, Inc. is a
publicly-tradedA publicly-traded company is a company that has permission to offer its registered securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or occasionally a company whose stock is traded over the counter via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services.-Securities...
media
holding companyA holding company is a company that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only purpose is owning shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow the...
based in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the largest U.S.
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper
USA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
and the weekly
USA WeekendUSA WEEKEND Magazine is a national publication distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States. It reaches 49 million readers in 23 million households every weekend. Awarded for its journalism and design, USA WEEKEND focuses on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel...
. Its largest non-national newspaper is
The Arizona RepublicThe Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was...
in
PhoenixPhoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States...
. Other large newspapers include
The Indianapolis StarThe Indianapolis Star is a daily newspaper which began publishing on June 6, 1903.It began as a morning daily paper in competition with two other Indianapolis dailies, the Indianapolis Journal and the Indianapolis Sentinel, which it eventually took over. In 1948, The Star owner Eugene C. Pulliam...
,
The Cincinnati EnquirerThe Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) and Northern Kentucky. The...
,
The TennesseanThe Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky....
in
NashvilleNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
,
The Courier-JournalThe Courier-Journal, nicknamed the "C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky.The Courier-Journal also owns...
in
LouisvilleLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
,
The Des Moines Register,
The Honolulu Advertiser, the
Detroit Free PressThe Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
and
The News-Press in
Fort MyersFort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 48,208 in the 2000 census. According to 2008 estimates, the population is 68,689....
. Gannett also owns 23 television stations and holds substantial properties in digital media including PointRoll, Ripple6 and
ShopLocalShopLocal is a marketing and advertising service that builds, hosts and maintains catalogs and online weekly ads for top U.S. retailers. Its partners include 29 of the 30 top retailers in the circular space, including Target, Lowes, CVS and Walgreens...
. Gannett Company, Inc. was founded in 1923 by
Frank GannettFrank Ernest Gannett founded the Gannett media corporation. He was born in South Bristol, New York and graduated fromCornell University....
in
Rochester, New YorkRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...
. The company was headquartered in
Rochester, New YorkRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...
until 1986 when it relocated to
Arlington County, VirginiaArlington County is a county of about 210,000 residents in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is located directly across the Potomac River to the southwest of Washington, D.C. Formerly part of the District of Columbia, the land now composing the county was retroceded to Virginia on July 9, 1846, in...
. Gannett's oldest newspaper still in circulation is the
Star-GazetteThe Star-Gazette is the major newspaper for Elmira, New York. Based in Elmira, the publication is owned by the Gannett Corporation.-History:...
located in
Elmira, New YorkElmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 30,940 at the 2000 census...
. In 2001, the company moved to its current headquarters in
Tysons CornerTysons Corner is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in the heart of Northern Virginia, Tysons Corner lies between the community of McLean and the town of Vienna along the Capital Beltway . The population was 18,540 as of the 2000 census...
, a suburb of
Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
Assets
Gannett's media properties include the following newspapers among the top 50 (by circulation -- figures are approximate) in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and the following television stations:
- USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
of McLean, VirginiaMcLean is an unincorporated area in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 38,929 as of the 2000 census....
(2,525,000)
- The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was...
of Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States...
(541,800)
- The Indianapolis Star
The Indianapolis Star is a daily newspaper which began publishing on June 6, 1903.It began as a morning daily paper in competition with two other Indianapolis dailies, the Indianapolis Journal and the Indianapolis Sentinel, which it eventually took over. In 1948, The Star owner Eugene C. Pulliam...
of Indianapolis, Indiana (354,300)
- Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
of Detroit, MichiganDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
(329,989)
- The Des Moines Register of Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
(233,200)
- The Courier-Journal
The Courier-Journal, nicknamed the "C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky.The Courier-Journal also owns...
of Louisville, KentuckyLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
(218,796)
- The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The Cincinnati Enquirer, a daily morning newspaper, is the highest-circulation print publication in Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) and Northern Kentucky. The...
of Cincinnati, Ohio (206,300)
- The Greenville News
The Greenville News is a daily morning newspaper published in Greenville, South Carolina. Along with The State in Columbia and Charleston's Post and Courier, it is one of the three largest papers in the Palmetto State.-History:...
of Greenville, South CarolinaGreenville is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States, in the state's upstate region. One of the principal cities of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area , it had a population of 56,006 at the 2000 census, and the metropolitan area...
(88,898)
- The Tennessean
The Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky....
of Nashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
(250,000)
- The Daily News Journal
The Daily News Journal is a newspaper serving Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Rutherford County, as well as surrounding communities. Published in Murfreesboro, it serves as the primary local newspaper, with competition from The Murfreesboro Post, Nashville's The Tennessean, and other publications.The...
of Murfreesboro, TennesseeMurfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 101,753 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2009 report, up from 81,393 residents certified during the city's 2005 special census. The center of population of Tennessee is...
- Lansing State Journal
The Lansing State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan owned by Gannett.-History:The paper was started as the Lansing Republican on April 28, 1855...
of Lansing, MichiganLansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, and the state's sixth largest city. It is located about 80 miles west-northwest of Detroit and is mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County...
(53,671)
- WKYC-TV
WKYC, channel 3, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company. Its studio is located on the shores of Lake Erie, while its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio.-Early years:...
in Cleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border...
(Market #17)
- WUSA-TV
WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington, D.C.. Owned by the Gannett Company, WUSA is an affiliate of the CBS television network, and the longest-tenured affiliate of that network...
in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
(Market #9) (Flagship)
- WXIA-TV
WXIA-TV 11 is an NBC-affiliated television station in Atlanta, Georgia. Popularly known by its 11Alive moniker, WXIA is owned by the Gannett Company, along with WATL-TV 36, Atlanta's MyNetworkTV affiliate...
, WATL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia (Market #8)
- WTSP-TV
WTSP is a CBS-affiliated television station in St. Petersburg, Florida . It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 10....
in Tampa, FloridaTampa is a Gulf Coast city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of the state of Florida in the United States. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447...
(Market #13)
- WMAZ-TV
WMAZ-TV, channel 13, is the CBS affiliate in Macon, Georgia, United States. It is owned by Gannett.-History:The station signed on for the first time on September 27, 1953, owned by Southeastern Broadcasting Company along with WMAZ radio...
in Macon, GeorgiaMacon is a city located in central Georgia, USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. It lies near the geographic center of Georgia, approximately 85 miles south of Atlanta, hence the...
(Market #122)
- WJXX-TV, WTLV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida, and is the county seat of Duval County. Since 1968, as a result of the consolidation of the city and county government, and a corresponding expansion of the city limits to include almost the entire county, Jacksonville became the...
(Market #47)
- WGRZ-TV
WGRZ is the NBC affiliate in Buffalo, New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo, while its transmitter is located at 11526 Warner Hill Road in South Wales, New York...
in Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, second only to New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the seat of Erie...
(Market #51)
- KUSA-TV
KUSA, Channel 9, is an NBC-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. KUSA is owned by the Gannett Company, and is a sister station to KTVD , Denver's MyNetworkTV affiliate...
in Denver, KTVD-TV in Denver (Market #18) (Flagship)
- KXTV-TV in Sacramento
Sacramento, an Italian-, Spanish- and Portuguese-language word meaning sacrament, is a common toponym in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
(Market #20)
- KPNX-TV in Phoenix
Phoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States...
(Market #12)
- KARE-TV in Minneapolis (Market #15)
- WZZM-TV
WZZM, channel 13, is the Western Michigan affiliate for the American Broadcasting Company. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, broadcasting at 16.5 kilowatts of power from a tower located in Newaygo County, near Grant...
in Grand Rapids, MichiganGrand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River and is approximately 30 miles from Lake Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800, making it the 114th largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Kent County,...
Gannett Digital Assets:
- Captivate Network
Captivate Network is the digital-out-of-home advertising network unit of Gannett Company . It delivers digital news and advertising to nearly 3 million consumers on high-resolution, flat-panel TV screens mounted in elevators and lobbies of large urban office buildings and suburban office campuses...
- PointRoll
- ShopLocal
- 4info
- MomsLikeMe
- METRO MIX
Directors
Gannett's chairman, president and
chief executive officerA chief executive officer or chief executive is one of the highest-ranking corporate officers or administrators in charge of total management...
is
Craig A. DubowCraig A. Dubow is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gannett Co., Inc., a U.S. newspaper and television station holding company. Dubow also serves on Gannett's board of directors. He became President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Gannett in July 2005, and...
. Other directors are:
- Louis Boccardi
Louis D. Boccardi was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Associated Press , the world’s largest news organization, from 1985 until his retirement in 2003...
- Charles Fruit
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Arthur H. Harper
John Jeffry Louis |
Marjorie Magner
Duncan M. McFarland |
Donna ShalalaDonna Edna Shalala has served as president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, since 2001....
Karen Hastie Williams |
Senior executives are:
- Robert Dickey, President, U.S Community Publishing Division
- Robert T. Collins Senior Group President, Atlantic Coast Newspaper Group, and President and Publisher, Asbury Park Press
The Asbury Park Press is the major daily newspaper in Monmouth and Ocean counties of New Jersey and has third largest circulation in the state. Its recent anti-corruption campaign has resulted in a number of new laws and the 2004/2005 ethics reform movement in New Jersey government...
- Philip R. Currie Senior Vice President, News, Newspaper Division
- Paul Davidson
Paul Davidson is an American author who is best known for his Words for My Enjoyment blog and his 2006 book The Lost Blogs....
- Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Newsquest plc
- Michael G. Kane Senior Group President, Interstate Newspaper Group, and President and Publisher, The Indianapolis Star
The Indianapolis Star is a daily newspaper which began publishing on June 6, 1903.It began as a morning daily paper in competition with two other Indianapolis dailies, the Indianapolis Journal and the Indianapolis Sentinel, which it eventually took over. In 1948, The Star owner Eugene C. Pulliam...
- Roxanne Horning Senior Vice President, Gannett Human Resources
- Dave Lougee President, Gannett Broadcasting
- Gracia Martore Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Craig A. Moon President and Publisher, USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth...
- Wendell Van Lare Senior Vice President, Gannett Labor Relations
- W. Curtis Riddle Senior Group President, East Newspaper Group, and President and Publisher, The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
- John A. (Jack) Williams President, Gannett Digital Ventures
- Kurt Wimmer - Senior Vice President, General Counsel
- Alvin Flanagan is a former president of the Gannett Company
- Chris Saridakis Senior vice president and chief digital officer
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