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Former Gannett CEO Battling Ostentatious Display Of Wealth Next Door

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The golden parachute CEO of a giant media company is battling the construction of a new mansion in his wealthy Washington, D.C. suburb. ...

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Gannett Earnings Down

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

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MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Gannett Co. reported a 25 percent drop in first-quarter net income Monday, as advertising in its newspapers continued to decline....

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USA Today Publisher Retiring

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Gannett Co. Inc. said Tuesday that David Hunke is relinquishing his position as president and publisher of USA Today to become th...

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USA Today Begins Staff Furloughs

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — USA Today is requiring most of its staff to take an unpaid week off to save money, as the nation's second-largest newspaper strug...

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Journalists Participate in Democracy; Gannett Cowers

Dave Saldana | Posted 05.27.2012

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Leaving aside the false, quaint conceit that journalists are neutral, Gannett has tacitly admitted that this action was motivated not by some high standard of journalism ethics, but by fear that some political bullies might call them biased.

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Gannett CEO Asks for Lower Bonus, Reduces Her Pay Package to Only $4.6 million

Randy Turner | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: USA Today, CEO Pay, Dick Grasso Pay Package, Craig Dubow, Newspaper Industry, Executive Bonuses, Gracia Martore, Gannett, Furloughs, Media News

Thanks to that selfless act of generosity, the CEO of Gannett, who required all employees in the newspaper division to take an unpaid one-week furlough during the first quarter of 2011, will only receive a $1.2 million bonus.

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PHOTO: Newspaper's Humongous Fail

Posted 12.01.2011

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South Carolina's Greenville News had one copy edit mistake that packed a whole lot of punch. In an Associated Press article about the upcoming coll...

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Gannett Making "Significant Investment in Video"

Andy Plesser | Posted 01.01.2012

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Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper group, is making a "significant investment in video" through site redesign, content acquisition, training of ...

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Gannett Income Falls In Q3

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 12.17.2011

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NEW YORK — Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today and 81 other daily newspapers, posted a slight decline in its third-quarter net income Monday...

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Gannett CEO Resigns For Health Reasons

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 12.07.2011

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Gannett Co. chairman and CEO Craig Dubow has resigned for health reasons. His tenure coincided with a steep decline in print advertising that triggere...

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Laid Off Journalist Reports His Own Job Search

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.12.2011

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In June, Robert Annis lost his long-time job as a reporter at the Indianapolis Star when media conglomerate and Star owner Gannett cut 700 employees t...

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Gannett Reports Lower Q2 Earnings

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 09.17.2011

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NEW YORK — Increases in digital and broadcast revenue were not enough to make up for the ongoing decline in Gannett Co.'s newspaper business, le...

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New Cyberattack Targets U.S. Soldiers

Posted 08.29.2011

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By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers broke into a Gannett Co database containing personal information about subscribers to publications read ...

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Why Laying Off Ag Reporter Philip Brasher Is Bad for Food

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Food, Food Policy, Gannett Layoffs, Gannett, Journalism, Agriculture, Food News

The agriculture beat was once an important area of coverage at all major outlets, delivering information about rural areas as well as policy making on food in Washington. But the "agriculture beat" has been dying a slow death for five decades.

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Another Huge Round Of Cuts At Gannett

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 08.21.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. is laying off 700 workers, or 2 percent of its work force, in the latest cutback triggered by a ...

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USA Today Posts Tiny Circulation Gain

AP | Posted 06.19.2011

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McLEAN, Va. — USA Today said Tuesday that its average daily circulation rose for the first time in more than two years, as the newspaper sold mo...

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Big Newspaper Chain Posts Bleak Quarterly Earnings

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 06.18.2011

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A prolonged slide in Gannett Co.'s newspaper business overshadowed improvements in the company's broadcast and online operations as the publisher of U...

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Honolulu Newspaper Deal: DOJ Approves Honolulu Advertiser's Sale To Honolulu Star-Bulletin

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — The U.S. Justice Department has given the owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin the go-head to buy longtime rival The Honolulu Advertis...

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Zed's Dead - Law, Finance, and the Future of Online Publishing (Part Two)

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

"Whose motorcycle is this?" "It's a chopper, baby." "Whose chopper is this?" "Zed's" "Who's Zed?&q...

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Zed's Dead - Law, Finance, and the Future of Online Publishing (Part One)

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

"Whose motorcycle is this?" "It's a chopper, baby." "Whose chopper is this?" "Zed's" "Who's Zed?&q...

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Exec Bonuses/Newsroom Outsourcing a Virtueless Circle

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Media companies have to make cuts to stay in business, and some outsourcing is inevitable. But rewarding execs with big bonuses for, in effect, taking away workers' health insurance is unconscionable.

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Kentucky's Ultimate Watchdog Journalist

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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In April, Al Cross is being inducted in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. No one worked harder or longer to gather all the nuances of a story than Al Cross.

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USA Today Furloughs Mandated To Save Money

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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McLEAN, Va. — USA Today is forcing its staff to take an unpaid week off to help the nation's second largest newspaper cope with a persisting ad ...

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A Reporter's Survival Guide for Journalism in the Digital Age

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's painful but it's progress, and if as journalists we choose to put all our valued energy into fighting the inevitable, we may as well join the Flat Earth Society.

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Gannett Turns A Profit In 4Q, Ad Sales Still Dropping

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gannett Co. posted its largest profit of the year in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting efforts were aided by a lessening decline in advertising sales...

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