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Days after paidContent reported that Amazon has indefinitely suspended its approval program for newspapers on Kindle, Amazon has relented and kickstarted the process for at least one publisher caught up in the backlog.
USA Today is continuing to try to build up its digital side, as the print business struggles on, with another purchase designed to appeal to…
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Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest, which owns titles including the Glasgow-based Herald and the Argus in Brighton, has reported a 7.9 p…
Gannett’s profits slipped a bit due to the economic weakness, a sign of tougher times for newspaper publishers in general as the Q3 earnings…
It may not be sporting to compare other CEOs to Steve Jobs on a lot of levels but corporate pay and performance is fair game. With that as a…
Less than a month after taking his second medical leave in two years, Craig Dubow has resigned as Gannett’s CEO and chairman, the company sa…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Chairman and CEO Craig Dubow is once again taking medical leave, the company said in a short, late afternoon press relea…
A little over a year after Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) teamed up on local ads sales primarily for the publisher’s 81 communit…
Herald & Times, run by Gannett’s Newsquest, will begin requiring metered payments for its HeraldScotland.com news site by year’s end.
With Gannett’s digital revenues reliably growing by double digits for the past year, analysts on the company’s Q2 earnings call noted that t…
The growth rate for Gannett’s local newspaper websites’ ad revenues in Q2 have held steady with last year’s results, thanks in part to the s…
With the economy looking a bit weaker than it was at the start of the year, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has returned to layoffs at its 80 U.S. commu…
It looks like the combination of the iPad, Kindle, iPhone and Android is quickly having a positive impact on newspaper e-editions, as the Au…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow devoted much of the Q1 conference call with investors touting the company’s multi-pronged digital initia…
Gannett’s ability to reach and retain profitability over the past year rested on two main things: the growth of digital revenues and its ded…
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Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has hired ShortTail Media co-cofounder and ex-CNN.com exec David Payne as its new chief digital officer, succeeding the…
With Gannett (NYSE: GCI) looking to emphasize the connected nature of its digital reach, all its properties, including flagship paper USA To…
Included in the announcement of Google’s long-expected One Pass paid content system for publishers is news that two more U.S. newspaper cha…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow began the company’s largely positive Q4 earnings results by highlighting the local digital moves on the…
The improving advertising outlook helped Gannett (NYSE: GCI) ease the declines in publishing, especially in the classified area in Q4, as di…
» Here’s one reason digital storefront Next Issue Media appears more active lately: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has told publishers that t…
» Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Sports has an audience of roughly 50 million visitors — so what do you do with that? Naturally, it’s time t…
GSI Commerce has purchased ClearSaleing, a six-year-old company that helps advertisers measure the performance of their online campaigns. Th…
» If Arianna Huffington’s success with The Huffington Post parallels Mark Zuckerberg’s experience with Facebook, it’s that she to…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) USA Today has acquired Reviewed.com, a group of 12 product-review websites. The site provides in-depth, long takes on di…
Wasn’t the iPad supposed to save print journalism? A Reynolds Journalism Institute survey of 1,600 iPad users this fall says that more than…
» Allbritton’s Politico will unveil a new subscription news service focused on health care, energy and technology. The cost is $1…
Increased interest in e-editions wasn’t enough to keep U.S. newspapers from another circ decline but it did help slow the bleeding. Circulat…
For nearly a year, A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC) has said it would test some sort of pay wall plan at one of its papers. After repeated delays, it’s…
Digital revenues in Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing unit, which houses the company’s 80 local papers, were up 10.2 percent in the quarte…
The New York Post is the latest newspaper to take a chance on selling subscriptions via an iPad app. The News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) paper launche…
Last week, one of the nation’s top dailies imploded its structure to go “digital first.” Today, the Deseret News, a much smaller paper in Sa…
Though still without a chief digital officer since May, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is continuing to broaden its online strategy. The McLean, Va. co…
With advertiser interest in Gannett’s USA Today iPad app still running high, CEO Craig Dubow said that the app will remain free and ad suppo…
Gannett’s 81 community newspapers can hope to get a boost from a new local ad sales partnership with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). The deal also inclu…
As it has for the last four quarters, Gannett’s profits rose thanks mostly to revenues from its local TV stations and continued cost cutting…
After a nearly four-month search to replace Chris Saridakis as chief digital officer, sources tell paidContent Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is close…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is joining some of the other big newspaper chains in testing paywalls at several of its papers, possibly in preparation…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is continuing to build local community sites, but now, it’s concentrating on its broadcast side in addition to its newsp…
For the past two years, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has focused its local digital efforts on content, but now, the publisher is ready to show more o…
As it continues its search to replace ex-digital head Chris Saridakis, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is trying to make the most of its two successful…
Gannett’s financial situation has been looking a little better the past few quarters. The slightly brighter outlook could explain why JP Mor…
Digital revenues declined slightly for Gannett (NYSE: GCI) in Q1, suggesting that while a recovery is not exactly in full swing, things are…
A week after he announced his departure as Gannett’s chief digital officer, Chris Saridakis has been tapped as CEO of GSI Commerce’s (Nasdaq…
One name that is sure to be in the mix to replace Chris Saridakis as Gannett (NYSE: GCI) chief digital officer is Jack Williams. Williams ha…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Chief Digital Officer Christopher Saridakis is leaving the company at the end of the month “to pursue other interests,”…
Two charts for you this morning, this time from Gannett (NYSE: GCI), and little explanation needed beyond that, despite all the spin and jus…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has sold off The Honolulu Advertiser and related assets including website, non-daily publications and its interest in Ha…
You would think Gannett (NYSE: GCI) would want to trumpet its digital revenue targets for this year, considering that the publisher’s digita…
Video ad manager Adap.tv is expanding into the exchange business with several major publishers and ad agencies. Among the first to try out A…
While cost-cutting helped Gannett (NYSE: GCI) return to profit last quarter, the cash freed up by reducing its debt has Gannett ready to sta…
The pattern of swinging to profitability mostly on cost containment served Gannett (NYSE: GCI) well yet again in Q4, but advertising and cla…
The drive to increase membership for the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement , the research initiative formed by major TV networks, a…
USA Today has unveiled its second redesign in less than three years, this time with an emphasis on offering advertisers a wider array of for…
How long have regional newspapers got left before they collapse? Why not ask a regional editor: Peter Barron, editor of Newsquest’s Darlingt…
After a break from furloughs during the second half of the year, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) says that it will require its employees to take five da…
In his first appearance on an earnings call since taking medical leave in June, CEO and chairman Craig Dubow told investors that he’s still…
As the Gannett (NYSE: GCI) had warned investors last month, profits and revenue continued to decline in Q3, but the newspaper publisher can…
USA Today is warning that it expects its circulation to drop 17 percent, the largest fall-off in its 27-year history. Citing a staff memo fr…
While USA Today has seen its hotel distribution cut in the past year, the Gannett (NYSE: GCI) newspaper is still betting that travelers will…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is warning investors that profits and revenues are continuing to fall. The McLean, Va.-based owner of USA Today and doze…
Other publishers may be seeing the freefall slowdown and ad agencies may expect a turnaround next year, but there’s little let-up for local…
In Gannett’s first earnings call without CEO Craig Dubow, who’s out on medical leave, EVP/CFO Gracia Martore said she has some seen some enc…
While Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has little to cheer about these days, the company did reverse its $2.2 billion net loss from last year, posting a…
As Gannett (NYSE: GCI) continues to be roiled with huge debt problems, an absent CEO, and hundreds more layoffs across its community newspap…
A day after saying that job cuts were imminent, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) said it would begin laying off 1,400 employees — 3 percent of its workf…
Updated: WSJ reports that the cuts would be above 1,000, though an exact number isn’t clear. These will come from the U.S. Community Publish…
A lengthy article in The Deal says it’s too late for Gannett (NYSE: GCI) to get itself out of the debt trap it now finds itself in. Accordin…
Gannett’s stock has taken a bit of hit this week, as investors appeared to be concerned about CEO Craig Dubow’s medical leave. The stock fin…
In August, Gannett’s USA Today will begin charging readers for an electronic version of the paper that will be delivered via e-mail, AP repo…
Another newspaper goes down… Following through on the threat it made five months ago, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is pulling the plug on the 138-y…
David Hunke will succeed Craig Moon as president and publisher of Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today, the company announced at its annu…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which recently posted a 60 percent drop in profit and a 26 percent fall off in publishing revenues, has been banking on…
Last year was one of the toughest ever for the 500 largest American companies — combined they lost over $500 billion — and media companies…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow opened the company’s dismal Q1-earnings call by trying to highlight publishing and distribution changes,…
Sometimes it helps to lower expectations, but not much can soften the blows Gannett (NYSE: GCI) took in the first three months of this year.…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is ending the week before its Q1 earnings report on a high note, with its stock up nearly 40 percent to $3.75 on Thursda…
As Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today struggles with 30 percent declines in ad revenue, Craig Moon, the paper’s president and publisher,…
President Obama made it clear today that he does not plan to cut the auto industry a blank check– and that’s bad news for media companies.…
Given its continuing financial woes, it’s not surprising that Gannett is requiring more unpaid leave for its 41,500 global workforce. Jim Ho…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) picked up social-networking company Ripple6 in November in part because the newspaper chain’s chief digital officer Chri…
As expected, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has cut its dividend from 40 cents per share to only 4 cents, which the newspaper publisher said would save…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow began addressing the company’s dismal preliminary Q4 earnings on its analyst call insisting that the com…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) released its preliminary earnings and the news was just as poor as the rest of its newspaper industry peers. Profits fel…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today plans to cease publishing its international edition next month, unless it can find willing partners i…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is ordering its 40,000-person workforce to take a week off without pay this quarter, as it seeks to cut costs without re…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is going live with its local/national web hybrid ContentOne this morning, says Jim Hopkins on his Gannett Blog. The prog…
It’s a tougher time for newspapers, but Craig Dubow, Gannett’s chairman, president and CEO, has a basic answer for the continued existence o…
Gannett has acquired social net tools provider Ripple6 to create online communities for its own properties and outside media companies. Term…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which reported its Q308 earnings late last month, has filed its 10-Q and discloses a new online acquisition: it has acq…
Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest
Things are so bad in the newspaper industry and the economy at large that Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is suspending the monthly revenue reports, sai…
Gannett’s profits and revenues were down again in Q3, with total operating revenues slipping 8.9 percent to $1.64 billion from last year’s $…
Record labels have to keep experimenting on new ways to market their products. Case in point: Capitol/EMI says it is partnering with newspap…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which has been doing a number of strategic investments in the last year or so, has now invested in Mogulus, the New Yor…
Gannett is still assessing its big writedown announced last month, so technically its quarterly numbers are preliminary… The USA Today par…
— WSJ/Gannett: Just several months ago, hopes were dashed that the WSJ.com’s paywall was going to come down. And a year ago, WSJ raised its…
As first reported last week, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) confirmed that it has bought out the rest of local sales info site ShopLocal, currently own…
Before this year, moms could have issued a plaintive “You never call, you never write…” to newspaper sites and other major media companies…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has made an unspecified strategic investment in Cozi, a family organization tool. Seattle-based Cozi offers a range of t…
A characteristically weak report from Gannett… the USA Today publisher reported Q1 revenue of $1.7 billion, a slide of 8.4 percent from $1…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is promoting Jennifer Carroll from VP, New Media Content to VP, Digital Content at Gannett Digital. Carroll helped build…
Updated below: Confused, are you? Well, so was I until I dug deeper into SEC filings from Gannett (NYSE: GCI) over the last two years. In a…
Some details from Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) 10-K filed with the SEC:
— Uloop: This appears to have been undisclosed until now… in December 2…
A frequently discussed topic at DeSilva + Phillips Media Dealmakers Summit, was the future of newspapers, or more specifically, whether the…
USAToday parent Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has announced Q4 revenue of $1.89 billion, down 11.9 percent year-on-year from $2.15 billion. A 12 perce…
Gannett is shaking up its digital side, naming Chris Saridakis SVP and chief digital officer and shifting Jack Williams. Saridakis moves ove…
Media Rights Capital: The LA-based movie and digital content financing firm Media Rights Capital has hired Marni Wieshofer as SVP, Corporate…
The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Company’s latest monthly revenue figures showed the paper doing slightly better than its newspaper peers. A m…
If you’re an online newspaper and you want to attract younger demos, it’s best not to resemble a newspaper too closely, said Sue Clark-Johns…
While online video has had a place on most of the 150 websites behind Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) over the past few years, the company has found i…
Having announced plans to cut 45 newsroom jobs at USA Today, Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) October report revealed across the company. About the onl…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) doesn’t break out many online details in earnings but there are a few nuggets in the company’s 10-Q:
— The newspaper d…
Apart from its somewhat negative earnings report this morning, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is building up its digital holdings by taking a controlli…
In an internal memo this week, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow offers up the 25th anniversary of USA Today’s controversial, game-changin…
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) reported that Q2 profits rose to $365.7 million, or $1.56 a share, from $310.5 million, or $1.31 a share, an 18 percent…
On the heels of the last weeks’ announcements that USA Today and 4Info have deepened ties to introduce mobile search services (paired with i…
Nearly 25 years ago, Gannett changed the newspaper landscape with the launch of USA Today. Like it or shudder, that bold stroke showed a wil…
Online pluses couldn’t balance out the more negative January financial and circulation figures separately reported by newspaper publishers L…
Gannett is denying an unsourced British report that its UK Newsquest unit is being prepped for sale. The statement: “There is no truth to th…
Depending on your point of view, there’s nothing as amusing — or terrifying — as an industry that is clueless about what it should do next…
Gannett Digital, created earlier this year but still a work in progress, is formalizing its operations with the appointments of executives…
Gannett is rolling out a new newsroom template for its newspapers. It’s called the Information Center and has already been tried in part at…
Gannett Co. (GCI) still isn’t breaking out financial details for online in its earnings report but execs did provide some color during the a…
Discount travel site ShermansTravel.com becomes the latest to try spinning a magazine off the web — a quarterly travel pub called, what el…
The earnings season has started, and first off the block: Gannett. The largest newspaper publisher in the country reported an 8.3 percent de…
Gannett CEO Craig Dubow takes over as chairman with the Friday retirement of Douglas McCorkindale from the board and the company. Not surpri…
Gannett is seeing some advertising imporovement overall at its U.S. newspapers but the UK division continues to have problems in a weak ad m…
Updated below: Gannett has made a local search acquisition: it has bought out Planet Discover, a provider of local, integrated online search…
Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in U.S., reported an 11.5 percent decline in profit for its Q1 as the company began expensing stock…
: Finally, Gannett has a top-line digital exec … John A. “Jack” Williams will oversee all internet and digital intiative for Gannett domes…
