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Company:Gannett Co Inc.Current Opportunities (0) Company Website  Location(s):7950 Jones Branch Dr.McLean, VA 22107 Map Location
Phone:(703) 854-6239Industry:Advertising / Marketing / PRSize:500 or more |
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Company OverviewGannett Co., Inc. is a large diversified news and information company. Here is a brief rundown of its operations in the USA and abroad:OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE: Gannett is an international company with headquarters in McLean, Va., and operations in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore. NEWSPAPERS: Gannett is the USA's largest newspaper group in terms of circulation. The company's 101 daily newspapers in the USA have a combined daily paid circulation of 7.6 million. They include USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, with a circulation of approximately 2.3 million. USA TODAY is available in 60 countries worldwide. Gannett also owns a variety of non-daily publications and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine of 22.7 million circulation delivered in more than 600 Gannett and non-Gannett newspapers. Newsquest plc, a wholly owned Gannett subsidiary, is the second largest regional newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom with a portfolio of more than 300 titles. Its publications include 17 daily newspapers with a combined circulation of approximately 703,000. Newsquest’s non-daily publications include Berrow's Worcester Journal, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the world. BROADCASTING: The company owns and operates 21 television stations covering 17.9 percent of the USA. ON THE INTERNET: Gannett has more than 130 web sites in the United States including USATODAY.com, one of the top newspaper sites on the Internet. Newsquest’s award-winning Web network has more than 80 sites in the United Kingdom. OTHER VENTURES: Other company operations include Gannett News Service; Clipper, a direct-mail advertising magazine company; Captivate, a network that delivers programming and advertising to television screens in elevators in premier office towers in North America; Gannett Retail Advertising Group; Gannett New Business and Product Development; Gannett Direct Marketing Services; Gannett Offset, a commercial printing operation; Gannett Media Technologies International; and Telematch, a database marketing company. HISTORY AND FINANCIAL: Founded by Frank E. Gannett and associates in 1906, Gannett was incorporated in 1923, went public in 1967 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1969. The company has approximately 52,500 employees. Its more than 254 million shares of common stock are held by approximately 12,400 shareholders of record in all 50 states and abroad. Gannett recorded $7.4 billion in operating revenue in 2004. |
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