TNA+ is a professional wrestling video streaming service that launched on May 1, 2019. It is owned and operated by Anthem Sports & Entertainment , the parent company of professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
31-398: Originally known as Impact Plus , and succeeding the previous Global Wrestling Network (GWN) service, TNA+ offers library content and exclusive live monthly premium events . Since its 2024 relaunch as TNA+, the platform has utilized the technology and ecosystem of Endeavor Streaming . The first streaming media service to offer Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) content on-demand was
62-787: A controlling interest in the Nashville American . They began publishing an edition known as The Tennessean American . When the American formally folded in 1911, some of its employees banded together to found the Nashville Democrat . This paper was purchased by the Tennessean in 1913. In 1931, Col. Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea, Jr. were indicted for their role in the failure of the Central Bank and Trust Co. of Asheville, North Carolina . On March 3, 1933,
93-400: A heart attack at age 36 while on his boat on Old Hickory Lake . Ownership of the newspaper passed to his mother, and several months later his brother Amon Carter Evans was named Chief Executive of the paper. Tennessean reporters Nat Caldwell and Gene Graham won a Pulitzer Prize in 1962 "[f]or their exclusive disclosure and six years of detailed reporting, under great difficulties, of
124-725: A lawsuit against Impact Wrestling's parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over the GFW rights, as Jarrett owned all Global Force Wrestling properties since its creation in 2014. Impact would have needed to suspend the operations of GWN had the lawsuit been successful. Impact announced the launch of its new premium streaming service, Impact Plus , on April 28, 2019, during its Rebellion pay-per-view. Impact Plus subsequently replaced Global Wrestling Network. Three months later, Anthem counter-sued Jarrett and claimed that
155-531: A reporter at the paper in the 1960s and returned as editor after a serving in several leadership positions at other newspapers. He announced his retirement in September 2004. He was briefly succeeded by Everett J. Mitchell II , the former managing editor of the Detroit News , who was the first African American to be editor of The Tennessean . In September 2006, Mark Silverman was announced as editor. He
186-652: A smaller facility nearby, and that its printing operations would be consolidated with those of the Gannett-owned Knoxville News-Sentinel at a facility near Knoxville, resulting in much earlier deadlines for its print editions. In March 2013, The Tennessean ' s circulation was reported as 100,825 daily (M-F), 102,855 (Sat) and 227,626 (Sun). In contrast, as of November 2, 2005, the paper reported daily circulation of 177,714; Saturday circulation of 199,489 and Sunday circulation of 250,575. The paper's primary print competitors are
217-507: A subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and parent company of Impact Wrestling . It primarily featured content from the Impact video library, along with original programming and content from independent and international promotions. The service ceased operating on May 1, 2019, when it was replaced by Impact Plus (now TNA+). The first service to stream Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) content on-demand happened in 2009, when
248-595: The FBI , including spying on her colleagues at the paper, Seigenthaler fired her immediately. Srouji claimed that when she had started as a reporter for the Nashville Banner over a decade before, that paper's publisher had encouraged her to hand over information to the FBI. In 1989, Frank Sutherland was named editor. He had begun his career as a reporter at the paper in 1963. Seigenthaler retired as publisher in 1991. He
279-632: The First American National Bank of Nashville. Still suffering from effects of the Great Depression , the paper was sold at auction in 1937, when it was purchased for $ 850,000 by Silliman Evans, Sr. a former reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Evans came to an agreement with Nashville Banner publisher James Stahlman to move both newspapers into new offices at 1100 Broadway. He created
310-871: The Gallatin News-Examiner , the Hendersonville Star-News , the Fairview Observer , and the Ashland City Times . Its circulation area overlaps those of the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, two other independent Gannett papers. The company publishes several specialty publications, including Nashville Lifestyles magazine. The Tennessean , Nashville's daily newspaper, traces its roots back to
341-622: The Nashville Whig , a weekly paper that began publication on September 1, 1812. The paper underwent various mergers and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, emerging as the Nashville American . The first issue of the Nashville Tennessean was printed on Sunday May 12, 1907. The paper was founded by Col. Luke Lea , a 28-year-old attorney and local political activist. In 1910, the publishers purchased
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#1732794028201372-687: The Newspaper Printing Corporation as a business agent for both papers. As part of this agreement, the Tennessean ceased publication of its evening editions, and the Banner ceased publication of its Sunday edition. The two newspapers maintained a joint operating agreement from 1937 until the Banner ceased publication February 20, 1998. The two papers operated out of the same building and shared advertising and production staff, but maintained separate (and distinct) ownership and editorial voices. On June 2, 1955, Silliman Evans Jr.
403-557: The Tennessean from the Evans family for about $ 50 million. John Seigenthaler became president, publisher, and editor of the Gannett-owned Tennessean . Historian E. Thomas Wood says that "without question" Seigenthaler ran the newspaper as a liberal one. In 1976, when it was revealed that Tennessean reporter Jacqueline Srouji had for many years been working as an informant (and possibly agent provocateur ) for
434-492: The Chase among others. On August 14, 2018 Jeff Jarrett and his company, Global Force Entertainment, announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Anthem in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over the rights. Jarrett owned all properties related to Global Force Wrestling (GFW) since its creation in 2014; in-spite of GFW's brief merger with, and subsequent rebrand of, Impact Wrestling as GFW in 2017. Had
465-665: The Impact Wrestling libraries are available to subscribers but the network also includes tape libraries from the Fight Network , Border City Wrestling , Wrestling at the Chase and other sources. In November 2017, content from several independent promotions such as WrestleCade, Rocky Mountain Pro, DEFY Wrestling and Future Stars of Wrestling were added to GWN. On August 14, 2018 Jeff Jarrett and his company Global Force Entertainment announced that it had filed
496-488: The TNA Video Vault, which launched in 2009. The service changed its name to 'TNA On Demand' in 2010 and continued until its shuttering around early 2013. The company previously operated the "TNA Wrestling Plus" YouTube channel, where users could rent pay-per-views and documentaries previously released on DVD. In early 2017, current parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment (which acquired and rebranded
527-521: The announcement of Impact Wrestling reverting back to the Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling brand, the company announced on December 7, 2023 that Impact Plus would be relaunched as TNA+ , and will be distributed by Endeavor Streaming starting January 5, 2024. Source: Source: Global Wrestling Network Global Wrestling Network (GWN) was a digital streaming service and mobile app owned by Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions,
558-591: The company launched its own 'TNA Video Vault'. The service changed its name to 'TNA On Demand' in 2010 and ran up until around early 2013. The company also launched the 'TNA Wrestling Plus' YouTube channel - where users could rent pay-per-views and documentaries previously released on DVD. In early 2017, Anthem launched the 'Total Access TNA' (later renamed ' Total Access Impact ') originally for UK users after Challenge TV 's TNA broadcasting contract had expired. In June 2017, Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports and Entertainment Ed Nordholm told The Tennessean that
589-518: The company once known as TNA had rebranded. As part of expanding the brand, Nordholm said he had been planning an on demand service that would tap into TNA's video library. The Tennessean noted that the library was valuable as TNA had previously signed many legendary wrestlers and several wrestlers who appeared in TNA later signed with WWE. At the time of the rebranding, the company had been named Impact Wrestling after its flagship program , and had assumed
620-557: The goal of the network was to be an alternative brand to the WWE Network . The network temporarily went live on September 12, 2017 while the infrastructure was being tweaked, but was taken down by the next day. Global Wrestling Network officially launched on October 10, 2017. A 30-day free trial period was offered at launch. The service features free content for subscribers along with a premium content service for $ 7.99 USD in all available territories. Over 1,000 hours of content from
651-497: The lawsuit by Jarrett been successful, Impact would need to immediately suspend the operations of GWN. On April 28, 2019, during its Rebellion pay-per-view, Impact Wrestling announced the launch of Impact Plus, a brand new streaming service which would replace the Global Wrestling Network. On August 30, 2019, Impact announced that an Impact Plus subscription package would be available on FITE TV . Following
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#1732794028201682-716: The looks and trademarks of GFW and GWN were not similar. At the time the service was shut down, the following programming was included: The Tennessean The Tennessean (known until 1972 as The Nashville Tennessean ) is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee . Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky . It is owned by Gannett , which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including The Dickson Herald ,
713-535: The name of Global Force Wrestling (GFW). In October 2017, Jeff Jarrett left the company and it reverted to the Impact Wrestling name as Jarrett owned the rights to GFW. The Global Wrestling Network (GWN) name had been influenced by its connection to GFW. The launch of GWN was hinted on Impact! , until an announcement on the August 31, 2017 episode revealed a planned release in September. Nordholm appeared on Wrestling Observer Radio on September 9 and stated that
744-526: The newspaper was placed under federal receivership , and Ashland City attorney and former Tennessean editorial writer Littleton J. Pardue was appointed to direct the paper. Under his leadership circulation grew swiftly, but the newspaper continued to lose money. In 1935, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation acquired a large portion of the paper's outstanding bonds. It eventually sold them to Paul Davis , president of
775-739: The paper completed installation of a MAN Roland UNISET press, which is now used to print regional editions of USA Today , as well as commercial printing jobs. In early 2019 it was announced that the Tennessean would begin to be printed in Knoxville on presses which it would share with the Knoxville News-Sentinel . John Seigenthaler joined The Tennessean in 1949, resigning in 1960 to act as Robert F. Kennedy 's administrative assistant. He rejoined The Tennessean as editor in 1962, publisher in 1973, and chairman in 1982 before retiring as chairman emeritus in 1991. Ellen Leifeld
806-628: The promotion as Impact Wrestling that same year) launched "Total Access TNA" (later known as Total Access Impact ) in the United Kingdom after broadcaster Challenge 's contract had expired. On October 10, 2017, the promotion launched the Global Wrestling Network (GWN). The streaming service featured 1,000 hours of content from the TNA / Impact Wrestling library, as well as content from the sibling Fight Network , Canadian promotion Border City Wrestling , and Wrestling at
837-815: The undercover cooperation between management interests in the coal industry and the United Mine Workers ." In the same year, John Seigenthaler Sr. was named editor of the newspaper. He would earn the additional title of publisher in 1973. In 1972, the Gannett Corporation purchased the Nashville Banner from the Stahlman family. In 1979, Gannett sold the Banner to a group of local investors including political figure John Jay Hooker , businessman Brownlee Currey and Franklin banker Irby Simpkins for about $ 25 million. It then purchased
868-641: The weekly Nashville Scene and the Nashville Business Journal . In 2004 Gannett announced the acquisition of the Franklin Review-Appeal , and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro from Morris Multimedia . The Review-Appeal became a supplement of The Tennessean , while the Daily News Journal continued to operate as an independent newspaper. The paper maintains two Goss Colorliner presses. In 2002,
899-510: Was named as publisher in September 2005, succeeding Leslie Giallombardo, who became the newspaper's first female publisher in April 2002. Carol Hudler was named publisher in 2009 when Leifeld retired. Hudler was replaced by Laura Hollingsworth, who was named president and publisher in May 2013. Frank Sutherland served as editor of the newspaper from 1989–2004. He began his journalism career as
930-558: Was named president of the paper. After his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 26, the board of the paper elected him publisher, and he became president of the Newspaper Printing Corporation in August. In 1957, Tennessean cartoonist Tom Little won a Pulitzer Prize for his cartoon, " Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots? " , encouraging parents to have their children immunized against polio . In 1961, Silliman Evans Jr. died of
961-683: Was replaced by Craig Moon, who held the post until he moved into a corporate position with Gannett in 2002; Moon was later named publisher of USA Today . Leslie Giallombardo was publisher from 2002 to 2005. Seigenthaler remained "Chairman Emeritus" until he died. In September 1998, the paper launched Tennessean.com, its news and information website . Among the notable journalists who have worked for The Tennessean are Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper , Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam , and cartoonist Anthony Wright . In early 2019, The Tennessean confirmed that it would be leaving its long-time headquarters at 1100 Broadway for