Word: gannet
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...fifty corporations owned a majority of the nation's book publishing firms, newspapers and broadcasting companies. Under Reagan, that number was halved. Today, only 26 corporations, including such companies as Capital Cities/ABC, Gannet Co., McGraw-Hill, Time, Inc. and Warner Communications own half or more of all the media outlets in the United States. In the 1940s, four out of five U.S. newspapers were privately owned. Today, almost four out of five newspapers are under corporate ownership. Twenty corporations owned most of America's magazines in 1982. By 1987, because of increased mergers and acquisitions, the 20 corporations were reduced...
...behind the doors of Gannet House lies one of the most active law student organizations both on campus and in the community...
Judith Crist disagrees: "[Cry Freedom] ...is as powerful in its political truths as it is compassionate in its consideration of friendship." And the anonymous, eponymous Mr. "Gannet Newspapers" calls it, in no small typeface, "The film of the year, of the decade, even of this generation." What's going on here...