Gannett Company, Inc. profile and media properties

David Lazar    Ocean Pines, Md

Posted at 8:37am on Sunday, March 11, 2012

I am very disappointed in the news media in that they do not report the news accurately or completely. Presentations often reflec those of the writer or press, They continue to avoid issues with the president.They also fail to point out issues which are developing to the public until it is to late. Theer is not one award winning facility among the entire lot. What happened to what, when where,how and why?

james amsterdam    manahawkin nj

Posted at 1:15pm on Thursday, July 21, 2011

gannett owns many news papers but when you are having a problem it seems like the rest of the world its pass the buck if trying to have a simple newspaper delivery to our home would be this hard that after seven weeks of calling speaking and paying i tried to call gannett to help us with one of their smaller papers they own it was sorry cant help you well thanks a lot

james amsterdam    manahawkin nj

Posted at 12:22pm on Thursday, July 21, 2011

dear sirs since june first we have been trying to have the times beacon deliverd to our home we have payed for the news paper june 1 for a one year sub we have not recived a paper yet after calling each week since june first i was told the paper would be deliverd next week well seven weeks later still no news paper after asking to speak to a supervisor i wae told that the boss was to busy a would call me back at a later date wow such great service its redickulesssss and the last i heard its ileagle to charge for a service you never recive a lawer is my next step what does it take to get a news paper delivered to my home thank you james amsterdam 6096987822 ateam163@aol.com

Incockchota    Banepa

Posted at 6:15am on Thursday, May 26, 2011

When the age of the modern tablet was ushered in just over a year ago with the introduction of Apple's iPad, tablets were called a "third class" of personal gadget to complement the laptop computer and the smartphone. The implication was that a tablet will be just as essential as those other devices have become — but is that really the case? Do tablets do anything you can't already do if you already have a laptop or a smartphone? Let's go over the facts to find the answer.
A unique angle?
Does a tablet do anything a laptop or smartphone can't do? There are plenty of things laptops do that smartphones can't, such as word processing, software and web development, tasks that require a ton of multitasking, and anything that demands a lot of processing power, a physical keyboard, or a large screen. Likewise, smartphones offer functionality your laptop will never offer — GPS directions when walking the streets of New York, entertainment on the train, and the ability to receive emails at a bar with no wifi.
Tablets are another story. There's not much basic functionality they can offer that's not offered by either smartphones or laptops. Tablets can give you GPS maps on the go, a full-featured web browser that's comfortable to use, and if you're accustomed to touchscreens, they can even handle word processing or photo editing.
If the $500-$1,000 cost of a tablet is only justified to you by new abilities and functionalities, you probably won't want to buy one. Other than a very strong battery life and the ability to surf the web on a large screen from anywhere — both of which are absent from most but not all laptops — there's nothing new here.
The performance advantage ....

teebatava    

Posted at 10:28pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Jimmy Kimmel's lacerating dissection of the industry has become an annual highlight of the week when television's biggest networks reveal programming plans to advertisers. This year he nailed the pie-eyed suspension of disbelief that characterizes each sales job.
"Remember those shows we were so excited about last fall?" Kimmel said at the ABC session. "We canceled all of them. And yet here you are again. I think you might have a gambling problem."
Big laughs, perhaps from the hint of recognition.
Of the 18 new series that debuted last fall on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, six survived to make this coming September's schedule — a batting average of .250. Take away the relatively stable CBS, and it's three out of 13. That doesn't even count shows that appeared in midseason and are already history, such as "The Paul Reiser Show" and Matthew Perry's "Mr. Sunshine."

Elizabeth R    Newark, NJ

Posted at 6:22am on Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Am I the only one who finds it of concern that Gannett owns a quaerter share in Topix? Has Gannett recently reviewed what Topix actually does, its primary sources of income and its popularity around the web as a site for garbage blogs? I find it highly in appropriate for a major news corporation to be profiting on this site which has run amok. Have the execs at Gannett seen the toxic topix site?

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:22am on Monday, March 21, 2011

-- March 17, 2011 -- David A. Payne is now senior vice president and chief digital officer at Gannett. He was previously co-founder, president and CEO at ShortTail Media.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:23am on Tuesday, March 15, 2011

-- March 15, 2011 -- Maryam Banikarim is now senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Gannett. Banikarim was previously senior vice president of integrated sales marketing at NBC Universal.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:48am on Monday, March 7, 2011

Gannett Launches Corporate Branding Campaign

-- On March 7, 2011, the company's flagship publication, USA Today, reported on the branding makeover, which includes a new logo:

"The goal is to communicate that the company — long identified as the nation's largest newspaper publisher and a major owner of TV stations — has evolved into a forward-looking digital power.

"It's a reset" for Gannett's image, says CEO Craig Dubow.

Dubow says he wants advertisers and others to see that Gannett properties attract local and national audiences via different media, including the Internet, smartphones and tablet computers such as Apple's iPad."

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Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:42am on Monday, January 31, 2011

Gannett’s Digital Revenues Continue Double-Digit Rise

-- On January 31, 2011, the Guardian newspaper's paidContent.org reported:

"The improving advertising outlook helped Gannett ease the declines in publishing, especially in the classified area in Q4, as digital revenues provided the main engine for growth in that segment. Digital revenues at flagship paper USA Today were particularly strong.

The results appear to validate the McLean, VA-based publisher’s increased focus on finding ways to mine local advertising and marketing revenues in general, and USAT’s major restructuring around digital and mobile that began last year."

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