Word: gannett
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Actually, the Tribune's gossip columnists need not have looked farther than the page on which their column appears to see if USA Today had affected Chicago journalism. And whether or not it has might concern Boston readers because the Gannett chain began circulation of the paper in the New England area last week...
Many of the stories are credited simply: "Special to USA Today." According to spokesman Clark, "That means the story could have been rewritten from the AP or UPI wires-- with additional research--or it could mean that it was contributed from one of Gannett's 85 other papers. But they're re-researched, not just rewritten...
...Gannett sells the Oakland Tribune to its black publisher...
...scores of America's locally owned newspapers, death and estate taxes have led to another apparent inevitability: sale to a chain. Last week, however, the 109-year-old Oakland (Calif.) Tribune (circ. 174,000) reversed the trend. Gannett, the nation's biggest newspaper group (86 dailies), sold the money-losing Tribune to Journalist Robert Maynard, 45, who is, like 47% of Oakland's residents, black. Said Gannett Chairman Allen Neuharth: "We had other prospective buyers, but we felt it desirable for the community to have a dedicated local owner...
Maynard bought the Tribune without putting up any cash. The $22 million price, steep for a paper that lost $3 million last year, came entirely from loans, $17 million from Gannett. The chain's generosity was prompted in part by a federal antitrust regulation that prevented it from owning both the paper and a San Francisco TV station, KRON, which Gannett had avidly pursued. Says Maynard: "Gannett's position could have been stronger...