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@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

USA Today Takes Minority Stake In Fantasy Sports Ventures; Will Share Content, Marketing - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 21 Apr 2008 03:25 PM PST

Fantasy Sports Ventures, which made news last month with the acquisition of HoopsHype.com, now has more money to spend. Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today took a minority stake in…

Earnings: Gannett Q1 Revs Fall 8.4 Percent; Income Falls 8.9 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 21 Apr 2008 05:27 AM PST

A characteristically weak report from Gannett… the USA Today publisher reported Q1 revenue of $1.7 billion, a slide of 8.4 percent from $1.8 billion. Net income fell 8.9 percent to…

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Industry Moves: Gannett Promotes Information Center’s Carroll To New Digital Role - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Apr 2008 06:52 PM PST

Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is promoting Jennifer Carroll from VP, New Media Content to VP, Digital Content at Gannett Digital. Carroll helped build the company’s “Information Center” newsroom strategy for the…

Updated: Gannett Buys Rest of PointRoll From Former CEO For $4.6 million - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Mar 2008 10:57 PM PST

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 proxy statement filed…

10-K Watch: Gannett Takes Stake In Uloop; $70.6 Million On Acquisitions And Investments - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 29 Feb 2008 11:51 AM PST

Some details from Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) 10-K filed with the SEC: -- Uloop: This appears to have been undisclosed until now… in December 2007, Gannett made an investment in Uloop,…

Newspaper Roundup: Media General; Gannett; McClatchy, Journal Communications - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 28 Feb 2008 07:56 AM PST

Some fresh data for the first month of the year from a handful of newspapers… Note that two of them, Media General (NYSE: MEG) and Gannett (NYSE: GCI), have announced…

The Quadrant Goes Collective: Newspaper Ad Alliance Picks Sides - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 27 Feb 2008 08:34 AM PST

We hear that NYC-based online ad network Collective Media has won a bid to power quadrantONE, the online newspaper advertising alliance backed by The Tribune Company, Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Hearst…

NYT-Gannett-Trib-Hearst Combine To Form Local Online Ad Sales Company quadrantONE - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Feb 2008 11:53 PM PST

This has been in works for a while as an alternative to the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) newspaper consortium, as well as the Google-newspapers ad effort, and now it is finally…

@ Dealmakers Summit: Chris Saridakis, Chief Digital Officer, Gannett; Focus On Demographics - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 07 Feb 2008 09:03 PM PST

A frequently discussed topic at DeSilva + Phillips Media Dealmakers Summit, was the future of newspapers, or more specifically, whether they have a future. At Gannett (NYSE: GCI), the job…

Earnings: Gannett Q4 Revs Slide 11.9 Percent; Digital Up 11 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 01 Feb 2008 06:20 PM PST

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 percent decline in newspaper advertising and 21.7 percent drop…

Earnings This Week: Yahoo, Amazon, Google, NYT, Getty Images, Gannett - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Jan 2008 08:24 AM PST

Earnings season picks up more steam with a much anticipated report from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) this afternoon, and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), then Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on back-to-back days. Check back…

USA Today Buys ‘Action Sports’ Online Net Banquet - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 24 Jan 2008 09:46 AM PST

USA Today tells us it has bought action sports site operator Banquet. Among Banquet’s holdings are social net BNQT.com and the Cold War Collective, an ad network of more than…

CSTV.com And USAT.com Agree To Share Online Video And Ad Revs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 23 Jan 2008 10:28 PM PST

College sports network CSTV.com is partnering with USA Today’s website on a marketing program that’s centered around online video. The arrangement calls for CSTV.com to provide video coverage from its…

Gannett Restructures Digital; PointRoll’s Saridakis In As Chief Digital Officer; Williams Moves Over - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Jan 2008 06:09 AM PST

Gannett is shaking up its digital side, naming Chris Saridakis SVP and chief digital officer and shifting Jack Williams. Saridakis moves over from his post as CEO of PointRoll, an…

Industry Moves: MRC Hires For M&A; EMI Changes; Turcotte-Sirius; Gannett’s Clark-Johnson Retires - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 10 Jan 2008 02:45 PM PST

Media Rights Capital: The LA-based movie and digital content financing firm Media Rights Capital has hired Marni Wieshofer as SVP, Corporate Development and M&A. Wieshofer joins from Lionsgate, where she…

Newspaper Roundup: NYTCO, Media General Post Double-Digit Online Revenue Growth; Others Struggle - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 18 Dec 2007 09:23 AM PST

The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Company’s latest monthly revenue figures showed the paper doing slightly better than its newspaper peers. A much smaller publisher, Media General (NYSE: MEG) experienced…

@ UBS Media Week: Gannett Emphasizes Reader Interaction As Its Newspapers Evolve - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 02:21 PM PST

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-Johnson, president of the newspaper division at…

Gannett Preps Online Video Network To Streamline Content, Ads; Will Seek Syndication Deals - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 28 Nov 2007 03:57 PM PST

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 it difficult to seamlessly…

Gannett Reports Extensive October Revenue Declines; Online Broadcast Revs Up 30 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 Nov 2007 07:12 AM PST

Having announced plans to cut 45 newsroom jobs at USA Today, Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) October report revealed across the company. About the only bright spot: online revenues for its broadcasting…

Gannett’s USAToday Will Cut 45 Newsroom Jobs; Buyouts First, Layoffs If Needed - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 15 Nov 2007 01:16 PM PST

Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today is the latest paper to slash staff, cutting 45 newsroom jobs despite seeing recent gains in newspaper circulation. The paper will start with buyouts…

10-Q Watch: Gannett: Q3 Online Newspaper Revenue Up 11 Percent Domestically - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 Nov 2007 09:12 AM PST

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 division at Gannett saw online revenue…

New Newspaper Ad Net May Compete With Yahoo; Gannett, Hearst, Tribune, MediaNews, Cox In Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 Nov 2007 08:38 AM PST

Five of the largest U.S. newspaper chains are considering a new national ad network that could both overlap and compete with the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) newspaper consortium, according to the…

Gannett Joins Tribune to Launch Metromix LLC; JV to Promote Tribune’s Metromix Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 29 Oct 2007 09:13 AM PST

Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and Tribune have announced the creation of Metromix LLC, a joint venture that will promote and expand Metromix.com, a network of entertainment sites currently owned by Tribune.…

Gannett Buys Schedule Star, Parent Of Athletic Community HighSchoolSports.net - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 17 Oct 2007 10:27 AM PST

Apart from its somewhat negative earnings report this morning, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is building up its digital holdings by taking a controlling interest in Schedule Star, which runs athletic community…