Gannett Company
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| Gannett Co., Inc. | |
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| Type | Public (NYSE: GCI) |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia |
| Key people | Craig A. Dubow; Chairman, President & CEO |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Newspapers |
| Revenue | $8.03 Billion USD (2006) |
| Employees | 49,675 |
| Website | www.gannett.com |
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. Its largest non-national newspaper is The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, and other large newspapers include The Indianapolis Star, The Des Moines Register, The Honolulu Advertiser and The Detroit Free Press. The company was founded in 1906 by Frank Gannett, and started in newspaper ownership. Its headquarters are in Tysons Corner, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The name of the company is pronounced "guh-NETT", with the emphasis on the second syllable.
[edit] Assets
Gannett's media properties include the following newspapers among the top 50 (by circulation -- figures are approximate) in the United States, and the following television stations in the top 10 U.S. television markets:
- USA Today of Arlington, Virginia (2,525,000)
- The Arizona Republic of Phoenix, Arizona (541,800)
- The Indianapolis Star of Indianapolis, Indiana (354,300)
- The Detroit Free Press of Detroit, Michigan (329,989)
- The Cincinnati Enquirer of Cincinnati, Ohio (206,300)
- Des Moines Register of Des Moines, Iowa (233,200)
- WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. (Market #8)
- WATL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia (Market #9)
- WXIA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia (Market #9)
[edit] Directors
Gannett's chairman, president and chief executive officer is Craig A. Dubow. Other directors are:
Senior executives are:
- Sue Clark-Johnson President, Newspaper Division
- Robert T. Collins Senior Group President, Atlantic Coast Newspaper Group, and President and Publisher, Asbury Park Press
- Philip R. Currie Senior Vice President, News, Newspaper Division
- Paul Davidson - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Newsquest plc
- Robert J. Dickey Senior Group President, Pacific Newspaper Group, and Chairman, Phoenix Newspapers
- Barbara A. Henry Senior Group President, Interstate Newspaper Group, and President and Publisher, The Indianapolis Star
- 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
- 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, Del
- John A. (Jack) Williams President, Gannett Digital
- Kurt Wimmer - Senior Vice President, General Counsel
