Gannett Company
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- For other uses, see Gannet (disambiguation)
| Gannett Co., Inc.
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| Type | Public NYSE: GCI |
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| Founded | 1906 |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Craig A. Dubow, Chairman, President & CEO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Media</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Newspapers</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>$7.6 Billion USD (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.gannett.com</td></tr> |
Gannett Company, Inc. NYSE: GCI is a publicly traded media holding company based in the United States and is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA TODAY, and the weekly USA WEEKEND. The company was founded in 1906 by Frank Gannett, and started in newspaper ownership. Its headquarters are in McLean, a community in Fairfax County, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington, D.C..
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[edit] Assets
[edit] Newspapers
- The Indianapolis Star
- Journal and Courier, Lafayette
- Chronicle-Tribune, Marion
- The Star Press, Muncie
- Palladium-Item, Richmond
- The Town Talk, Alexandria
- The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette
- The News-Star, Monroe
- Daily World, Opelousas
- The Times, Shreveport
- Battle Creek Enquirer
- Detroit Free Press
- Lansing State Journal
- Times Herald, Port Huron
- Press & Argus, Livingston County
- Asbury Park Press
- Courier-News, Bridgewater
- The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
- Home News Tribune, East Brunswick
- Daily Record, Morristown
- The Daily Journal, Vineland
- Ocean County Observer, Toms River
- Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton
- Star-Gazette, Elmira
- The Ithaca Journal
- Poughkeepsie Journal
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
- Observer-Dispatch, Utica
- The Journal News, Westchester County
- Newspaper Network of Central Ohio
- Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus
- Chillicothe Gazette
- The Cincinnati Enquirer
- Coshocton Tribune
- The News-Messenger, Fremont
- Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
- News Journal, Mansfield
- The Marion Star
- The Advocate, Newark
- News Herald, Port Clinton
- Times Recorder, Zanesville
- The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville
- The Jackson Sun
- The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro
- The Tennessean, Nashville
- The Bellingham Herald (recently traded away)
- The Olympian (recently traded away), Olympia
- The Post-Crescent, Appleton
- The Reporter, Fond du Lac
- The Green Bay News-Chronicle (folded 6/3/05)
- Green Bay Press-Gazette
- Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc
- Marshfield News-Herald
- Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh
- The Sheboygan Press
- Stevens Point Journal
- Wausau Daily Herald
- Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids
Others
- Army Times Publishing Company - publications include Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, Defense News and Federal Times.
- Newquest Media Group - publications include the Evening Times and The Herald.
- Nursing Spectrum - mostly biweekly nursing employment magazines. Includes Nurseweek titles.
[edit] Television
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Owned Since | Current Affiliation |
| 8. | Washington, D.C. | WDVM-TV/WUSA 9 | 1986 | CBS |
| 9. | Atlanta | WXIA-TV 11 | 1979 | NBC |
| WATL 36 | 2006 | MyNetworkTV | ||
| 12. | St. Petersburg - Tampa | WTSP 10 | 1996 | CBS |
| 13. | Mesa - Phoenix, AZ | KPNX 12 | 1979 | NBC |
| Flagstaff, Arizona | KNAZ 2 | 1997 | NBC | |
| 15. | Minneapolis - St. Paul | WTCN-TV/KARE 11 | 1983 | NBC |
| 17. | Cleveland | WKYC-TV 3 | 1995 | NBC |
| 18. | Denver | KTVD 20 | 2006 | MyNetworkTV |
| KBTV/KUSA-TV 9 | 1979 | NBC | ||
| 20. | Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto, CA | KXTV 10 | 1999 | ABC |
| 21. | St. Louis | KSDK 5 | 1995 | NBC |
| 39. | Grand Rapids-Battle Creek-Kalamazoo, MI | WZZM 13 | 1997 | ABC |
| 47. | Greensboro - High Point - Winston-Salem, N.C. | WFMY-TV 2 | 1988 | CBS |
| 49. | Buffalo | WGRZ-TV 2 | 1997 | NBC |
| 50. | Jacksonville | WTLV 12 | 1988 | NBC |
| WJXX 25 | 2000 | ABC | ||
| 57. | Little Rock | KTHV 11 | 1994 | CBS |
| 60. | Knoxville | WBIR-TV 10 | 1995 | NBC |
| 74. | Portland, Maine | WCSH-TV 6 | 1998 | NBC |
| 83. | Columbia, South Carolina | WLTX 19 | 1998 | CBS |
| 121. | Macon, Georgia | WMAZ-TV 13 | 1995 | CBS |
| 152. | Bangor, Maine | WLBZ-TV 2 | 1998 | NBC |
[edit] Television stations formerly owned by Gannett
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Years Owned | Current Affiliation/Owner |
| 7. | Boston | WLVI-TV 56 | 1983-1994 | CW affiliate owned by Tribune Company (sale pending to Sunbeam Television) |
| 13. | Kingman-Phoenix, Arizona | KMOH-TV 6 | 1997-2004 | Spanish-language independent owned by Bela Television |
| 33. | Cincinnati | WLWT 5 | 1995-1997 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television |
| 45. | Oklahoma City | KOCO-TV 5 | 1979-1997 | ABC affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television |
| KTVY 4 (now KFOR-TV) | 1986* | NBC affiliate owned by The New York Times Company (station for sale, currently awaiting new buyer [1]) | ||
| 48. | Louisville | WLKY-TV 32 | 1979-1983 | CBS affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television |
| 52. | Austin, Texas | KVUE 24 | 1986-1999 | ABC affiliate owned by Belo Corporation |
| 57. | Little Rock | KARK-TV 4 | 1979-1983 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| 59. | Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL | WALA-TV 10 | 1986* | Fox affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| 70. | Tuscon, Arizona | KOLD-TV 13 | 1986* | CBS affiliate owned by Raycom Media |
| 72. | Honolulu | KHON-TV 2 | 1979 | Fox affiliate owned by Montecito Broadcast Group |
| 78. | Rochester, New York | WHEC-TV 10 | 1953-1979 | NBC affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting (original company flagship) |
| 106. | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WPTA 21 | 1979-1983 | ABC affiliate owned by Malara Broadcasting (operated under LMA by Granite Broadcasting) |
*: Stations acquired with Gannett's purchase of The Detroit News, dealt to Knight-Ridder a day later. Gannett never held control of these stations.
