Word: gannett
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Some of his former employees at the News--including journalists Allan Lengel, Robert Ourlian, Kathleen Desmet and several others--have contacted the University to express their opposition to Giles' candidacy because of his anti-union stance in the Detriot strike and his ties to Gannett, a newspaper publishing group that they accuse of nearly ruining the News...
...strike--and Giles's involvement with Gannett, a conglomerate some journalists hold in low regard--have made enemies of some of his colleagues...
...currently a senior vice president of the Freedom Forum, a center founded by Gannett that promotes a free press...
...more daily newspapers, 13 of them published under so-called joint operating agreements (JOAs), in which separate ownerships jointly run the business operations while editorial staffs are kept independent. In recent years, though, the act and the JOAs have come under increasing pressure, most recently in Hawaii, where Gannett, the giant chain that owns the Honolulu Advertiser, sought to buy and close down the rival Star-Bulletin. The case is being fought in the state's courts, where it is argued that the sale would violate an agreement that was supposed to last until...