Word: gannett
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Publisher Gannett, whose name appeared as editor only on the Times-Union masthead, always sent his political pronouncements to his other editors with the notation: "For your information and use, if desired"-and editors were free to ignore them...
...when other Gannett papers (nearly all in solid Republican territory) supported Tom Dewey for President, Gannett's Independent Democratic Hartford (Conn.) Times (circ. 120,182) backed Truman; in 1952, when Gannett backed Taft, the Times and most other papers in the group boomed Eisenhower. His Independent Republican Binghamton (N.Y.) Press (circ. 64,562), one of the best small-city newspapers in the U.S., has lately made a habit of supporting Democrats for mayor. During a state election campaign in which several of his papers had gone counter to Gannett's publicly expressed views, F.E.G., as he was called...
Responsibility. The Gannett papers, nonetheless, share distinct family traits that go beyond sound management or geographical proximity. (Except for Illinois' Danville Commercial-News, New Jersey's Plainfield Courier-News and the Hartford Times, all are published in New York cities and small towns.) Conservative in news judgment as in politics, they have little use for exposes, play down stories of sex and crime. "A newspaper, to suit me," said Gannett, "must be one that I would be willing to have my mother, my own sister or daughter read." Many readers, particularly in the 15 cities where Gannett...
...other hand, most of the papers are enthusiastic home-town boosters, campaign busily for local improvements, sponsor dozens of community enterprises. In keeping with this sense of community responsibility-and to perpetuate his newspapers-Publisher Gannett in 1935 gave two-thirds of his Gannett Co. common stock to a philanthropic foundation administered by his executives...
...Great Hyphenator. For his career of building profitable provincial dailies, farm-born Frank Gannett was prepared a maxim-minded mother ("Little strokes fell big oaks") and the example of a father who was a failure as a farmer and hotelkeeper. After working his way through Cornell, Newsman Gannett had risen to managing editor of the Ithaca News before he bought a half share of the ailing Elmira Gazette in 1906 (for $20,000), later merged it with the rival Evening Star. Gannett started looking for other money-losing dailies to buy and merge-and soon won fame as the busiest...