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...along comes iconoclast Grant Tinker, who has managed to neatly avoid both rules. His new USA Today: The Television Show, which began its nightly broadcasts last week, is an unmitigated mess. Unsubtly billed by Gannett as a "new journalism of hope," the show is neither hopeful nor journalistic. Its splashy graphics--borrowed of course from the show's paper parent--obscure a lineup that is drab and uninviting. Consider the Wednesday "spotlight": a snappy 10-second piece on the states with the highest population of pigs...
...unfortunately for Tinker and his backers at Gannett, jaunty stories that reek of the Time-Life Home Improvement series simply won't cut it. The uncritical tone of the program, reminiscent of banal public service spots, is going to make increasingly savvy viewers rush for their dials...
...secret to success in minority hiring and promotion seems to be simple: hard-nosed commitment. Gannett Co. Inc., the nation's largest newspaper chain and publisher of USA Today, is often derided for its stingy management, but its record in affirmative action is the industry's best. Seven of the company's 89 daily papers are run by minority publishers. The company / strategy: every manager's bonus depends in part on how well affirmative-action goals are met. "When others were talking about a desire to launch training programs for minorities in management," says Jay Harris, executive editor...
After the Canaday incident, Clark allegedly wasseen acting suspiciously at Gannett House, wherean individual had a wallet stolen, according topolice reports. Police soon found Clark at 51Brattle Street--the site of another reportedtheft--where he was apprehended by the police
...covering 84% of the country, have bought it thus far, and most plan to air it in the lucrative hour just before prime time, when game shows like Wheel of Fortune predominate. What bothers network news executives, however, is the decision by Washington's WUSA-TV (also owned by Gannett) to push the CBS Evening News up by 30 minutes to make room for it. New York City's WCBS-TV is expected to make the same move. These stations can keep more of the ad revenues with a syndicated show in that time slot than with a network program...