Gannett
 Gannett  (Corporation)     | |
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| Formation | 6 October 1906 |
| Founder | Frank Gannett |
| Headquarters | Virginia, USA |
| Leader | Gannett/President |
| Interests | MSM |
| Sponsored by | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Subpage | •Gannett/Assets |
| The most powerful mass media newspaper company in the USA. | |
Gannett is the largest USA newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation.
Gannett owns over 100 daily newspapers, and nearly 1,000 weekly newspapers. These operations are in 43 U.S. states and six countries.
Gannett also owns Newsquest which is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.
History
In 2015, Gannett split into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on newspapers and publishing and the other on broadcasting. The broadcasting company took the name Tegna, and owns about 50 TV stations. The newspaper company inherited the Gannett name. The split was structured so that Tegna is the legal successor of the old Gannett, while the new Gannett is a spin-off.
In November 2019, GateHouse Media merged with Gannett, creating the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, which adopted the Gannett name.
Leadership
- Allen Neuharth - President
Ownership
It owns the national newspaper USA Today, as well as several local newspapers, including the Detroit Free Press; The Indianapolis Star; The Cincinnati Enquirer; The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida; The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee; The Daily News Journal, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky; the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York; The Des Moines Register; The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona; The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida; the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and the Great Falls Tribune in Great Falls, Montana.
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
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| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Very influential and rich foundation established to take leadership of global health. |
