83-827: The Times is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana . Its distribution area includes 12 parishes in Northwest Louisiana and three counties in East Texas . Its coverage focuses on issues affecting the Shreveport-Bossier market, and includes investigative reporting, community news, arts and entertainment, government, education, sports, business, and religion, along with local opinion/commentary. Its website provides news updates, videos, photo galleries, forums, blogs, event calendars, entertainment, classifieds, contests, databases, and
166-536: A tabloid -sized newsprint comic book sold as part of eventually 20 Sunday newspapers with a combined circulation of as many as five million copies. The most successful comics feature was The Family Circus , eventually distributed to more than 1,000 newspapers. In 1986, the Register and Tribune Syndicate was sold to Hearst and the King Features Syndicate for $ 4.3 million. Brianne Pfannenstiel
249-662: A " pink slime " media client, Local Government Information Services, which the Columbia Journalism Review described as publishing "multiple misleading, decontextualized, and often nonfactual stories on hot-button issues in Illinois". In the three decades before the Cowles family acquired the Register in 1903, the newspaper was a "voice of pragmatic conservatism". However, Gardner Cowles Sr. , who served as
332-509: A Republican in the Iowa General Assembly , was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention , and served in the administration of President Herbert Hoover , was an advocate of progressive Republicanism. The new owners presented a variety of viewpoints, including Darling cartoons that frequently made fun of progressive politicians. During the Cowles family's ownership, the Register ' s editorial page philosophy
415-399: A biased agenda." The memo additionally claimed that editorial content is the least-read content in the papers while being the most likely reason someone gives for cancelling a subscription. In March 2024, the company announced that effective March 25, it would end its legacy Associated Press premium subscription, meaning it would no longer pay to publish AP dispatches, photos and video from
498-500: A border-to-border bicycle ride across Iowa. The liberal-leaning editorial page has brought Donald Kaul back for Sunday opinion columns. Other local columns have faded and given way to Gannett-distributed material. In 1985, faced with declining circulation and revenues, the Cowles family sold off its various properties to different owners, with the Register going to Gannett . At the time of sale, only The New York Times had won more Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. In 1990,
581-525: A former paperboy who accused the company of enabling a former district manager to sexually abuse him in the 1980s. In late 2018 as Gannett was seeking partners for a merger, fending off a hostile takeover and its stock fell, this former paperboy emailed investigative reporters and Gannett management asking them to investigate his claims. In response, Karen Magnuson, then Executive Editor for Gannett's Democrat and Chronicle , told reporters to put their investigative reporting of abuse claims on "pause", and brought
664-451: A government-approved third-party that would be barred from entering into any agreements with Gannett, in order to fully preserve competition in advertising sales with Gannett-owned KSDK. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 20, and it was completed on December 23. On February 28, 2014, Meredith Corporation officially took over full control of KMOV. On May 14, 2014, Gannett announced
747-462: A large chain, a 20th-century trend that helped the newspaper industry remain financially viable. In April 1957, Paul Miller succeeded Frank Gannett as president and CEO when the group held 19 newspapers over four states; Florida not among them. Miller became frustrated after repeated unsuccessful attempts to acquire a foothold in Florida, then targeted Brevard County . He spoke to Marie Holderman,
830-530: A new printing and distribution facility on the south side of Des Moines in 2000. The news and advertising offices remained in downtown Des Moines. After 95 years in the Des Moines Register Building at 715 Locust Street, the Register announced in 2012 that they would move to a new location in 2013, settling for Capital Square three blocks to the east. On June 15, 2013, the Register moved to its new location of 400 Locust Street. In 2014,
913-405: A pair of controversial tweets made by Carson King, a 24-year-old Iowa man whose beer sign on ESPN College GameDay resulted in over $ 3 million in contributions to a children's hospital. King was 16 at the time of the posts. According to Carol Hunter, the paper's executive editor, the Register elected to include the information toward the end of a story about King. "Reasonable people can look at
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#1732787951912996-413: A regional search engine. Local news content produced by The Times is available on the website at no charge for seven days. From 1895 to 1991, The Times had competition from the afternoon Monday-Saturday daily, the since defunct Shreveport Journal . The papers were later printed at the same 222 Lake Street address and shared opposite sides of the building, but were entirely separate and independent of
1079-551: A salary $ 900,000 and long term stock incentives adding to a total of $ 7.7 million in 2021, the first full year after the merger. The total compensation was estimated with Gannett stock valued at the then current price. During Reed's tenure, Gannett stock has fallen 70%, reducing the value of future equity incentive plan awards. Gannett was sued in October 2019 under the New York State Child Victim's Act by
1162-719: A time, though Tegna has since moved to a new 440,000-square-foot office tower nearby, occupying roughly 60,000 square feet. On October 7, 2015, Gannett struck a deal to buy the Journal Media Group for $ 280 million, giving it control of publications in over 100 markets in the Midwestern and Southern U.S. Similar to what Gannett had earlier done with its broadcasting assets, the Milwaukee -based Journal had separated its publishing and broadcasting arms in April 2015, with
1245-678: Is owned by the Japanese conglomerate Softbank . Apollo Global Management funded the acquisition with a $ 1.792 billion loan. Although GateHouse was the nominal survivor, the combined company took the better-known Gannett name. Michael E. Reed, the CEO of GateHouse's parent company, was named CEO. The new management team immediately announced it would target "inefficiencies", which could lead to cutbacks at newspapers and reduction in newspaper staff. Gannett's board of directors, which does not include anyone with journalism background, paid CEO Mike Reed
1328-789: Is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa , United States. The first newspaper in Des Moines was the Iowa Star . In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon River . In 1854, The Star became the Iowa Statesman which was also a Democratic paper. In 1857, The Statesman became the Iowa State Journal , which published three times per week. In 1870, The Iowa State Journal became
1411-778: The Austin American-Statesman ; Detroit Free Press ; The Indianapolis Star ; The Cincinnati Enquirer ; The Columbus Dispatch ; The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida ; The Tallahassee Democrat in Tallahassee, Florida ; The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee ; The Daily News Journal , in Murfreesboro, Tennessee ; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky ;
1494-977: The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York ; The Des Moines Register ; the El Paso Times ; The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona ; The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida ; the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; the Argus Leader , the Pueblo Chieftain, and the Great Falls Tribune . In 2015, Gannett split into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on newspapers and publishing and
1577-610: The Des Moines Tribune in 1908. The Tribune , which merged with the rival Des Moines News in 1924 and the Des Moines Capital in 1927, served as the evening paper for the Des Moines area until it ended publication on September 25, 1982). Under the ownership of the Cowles family, the Register became Iowa's largest and most influential newspaper, eventually adopting the slogan "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon". Newspapers were distributed to all four corners of
1660-636: The Jackson Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi . The change is not expected to impact delivery schedules. Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( / ɡ ə ˈ n ɛ t / ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City . It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper USA Today , as well as several local newspapers, including
1743-734: The Poughkeepsie Journal , founded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1785, and The Leaf-Chronicle founded in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1808. In 1984, John Curley was appointed president and COO. In 1985, Curley became CEO and continued as president. The company was headquartered in Rochester until 1986, when it moved to Arlington County, Virginia . Its former headquarters building, the Gannett Building ,
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#17327879519121826-576: The 2018 midterm elections in the United States, meaning that next-day newspapers would no longer contain the election's results, instead directing readers to the Internet. In January 2019, Digital First Media (DFM) made an unsolicited bid to acquire Gannett for $ 1.36 billion, but it was rejected for being undervalued. In an attempt to pursue a hostile takeover , DFM built up a 7.5% stake of Gannett's public shares. Gannett subsequently accused
1909-548: The AP Stylebook . Gannet's contract with AP was set to expire at the end of 2024. It is unclear why the company ended the agreement early or how much it was paying AP. In the second quarter of 2022, Gannett's revenue was $ 749 million, sustaining a loss of $ 54 million. In reaction to the news, the company announced, "In the coming days, we will be making necessary but painful reductions to staffing, eliminating some open positions and roles that will impact valued colleagues." At
1992-460: The E. W. Scripps Company acquiring the television and radio properties owned by the former's technical predecessor Journal Communications and spinning out their respective publishing operations into Journal Media Group. In December 2015, Gannett announced that its local newspapers would be branded as the "USA Today Network", signifying a closer association with the national USA Today paper. In April 2016, Gannett made an unsolicited bid to acquire
2075-468: The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame . The paper also held its own Sports Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding high school athletes from 2016 to 2021. The Awards were discontinued in 2022 due to lack of sponsorship but returned in 2024 with Scheels as the primary sponsor. Beginning in 2011, the paper started the annual People to Watch series at the end of each year. 15 people are selected across
2158-477: The Iowa State Leader as a Democratic newspaper, which competed with pro- Republican Iowa Daily State Register for the next 32 years. In 1902, George Roberts bought the Register and Leader and merged them into a morning newspaper. In 1903, Des Moines banker Gardner Cowles, Sr. purchased the Register and Leader . The name finally became The Des Moines Register in 1915. (Cowles also acquired
2241-605: The News-Press website. The practice has spread throughout the chain. In 2010, Gannett increased executive salaries and bonuses; for example, Bob Dickey, Gannett's U.S. newspapers division president, was paid $ 3.4 million in 2010, up from $ 1.9 million the previous year. The next year, the company laid off 700 U.S. employees to cut costs. In the memo announcing the layoffs, Dickey wrote, "While we have sought many ways to reduce costs, I regret to tell you that we will not be able to avoid layoffs." On March 7, 2011, Gannett replaced
2324-663: The Oakland Tribune and The Cincinnati Enquirer , seven television stations, 13 radio stations, as well as an outdoor advertising division, for $ 370 million. The outdoor advertising became known as Gannett Outdoor, before being acquired by Outdoor Systems (previously a division of 3M), before the company was sold to Infinity Broadcasting , which later became part of Viacom , and was part of CBS Corporation , until 2014 when CBS Outdoor went independent and became Outfront Media . The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware
2407-567: The Phoenix, Arizona community for enabling its employees to sexually abuse them in the late 1970s. As the New York state window to file under its Childs Victim Act closed in August 2021, another man sued Gannett in Rochester, New York, alleging child sex abuse by the same former district manager of paperboys. This latest case brings the total to eleven men who are suing Gannett for enabling sexual abuse of former paperboys, some as young as eleven at
2490-401: The Register began to reduce its coverage of news outside of the Des Moines area by closing most of its Iowa news bureaus and ending carrier distribution to outlying counties, although an "Iowa Edition" of the Register was still being distributed throughout most of the state. Many of the Register ' s news stories and editorials focus on Des Moines and its suburbs. The Register opened
2573-526: The Register endorsed Hillary Clinton (in the Democratic caucuses ) and John McCain (in the Republican caucuses ). In October 2008, it endorsed Barack Obama for president in the general election. In 2011, 24 days before the 2012 Iowa caucuses, the newspaper endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the Republican caucuses . The Register endorsed Romney over Obama ten days before
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2656-478: The Register endorsed presidential candidates Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, Hubert Humphrey in 1968, and Jimmy Carter in 1976, it endorsed Richard Nixon in 1960 and 1972. The paper was a severe critic of George W. Bush 's warrantless wiretapping strategy and claimed that in doing so, "President Bush has declared war on the American people." In December 2007, two weeks before the 2008 Iowa caucuses ,
2739-552: The Star Advocate to Gannett for $ 1 million. Neuharth started Today in Cocoa, which eventually became Florida Today . By June 1966, paid subscriptions were 33,000, far exceeding their goal of 20,000 by the end of the year. The paper became profitable in 1968 after just 33 months. Miller was succeeded by Al Neuharth in 1973. In 1978, Gannett acquired Combined Communications Corp., operator of 2 major daily newspapers,
2822-639: The Tribune Publishing Company for $ 12.25 per-share, or around $ 400 million. This deal was rejected by Tribune's shareholders in May 2016; in turn, Gannett increased its offer to around $ 15 per-share (around $ 800 million). Although the two companies held talks during the summer and into the fall of 2016, disappointing earning reports for Gannett for the second and third quarters of 2016 caused Gannett to pull out of talks on November 1. Gannett announced it would not be delaying print deadlines for
2905-528: The "inappropriate social media posts" made by a staff member, though it did not name anyone involved. On September 27, the Register announced that Calvin was no longer employed by the newspaper. Calvin later wrote an op-ed in the Columbia Journalism Review blaming Gannett and the Register for what he considered to be an "unfair" firing. In October 2022, the Register was discovered to have provided commercial printing services to
2988-489: The 1960s, circulation of the Register peaked at nearly 250,000 for the daily edition and 500,000 for the Sunday edition–more than the population of Des Moines at the time. In 1935, the Register & Tribune Company founded radio station KRNT-AM , named after the newspapers' nickname, "the R 'n T". In 1955, the company, renamed Cowles Communications some years earlier, founded Des Moines' third television station, KRNT-TV, which
3071-560: The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. The nine plaintiff cases remain pending action by Judge Chimes and her court. In March 2020, Gannett announced that due to COVID-19 , it will be forced to make a series of cuts and furloughs. Executives would also take a 25% reduction in salary. In April 2022, a committee of Gannett editors made the formal recommendation that newspapers in
3154-594: The GOP nomination and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic candidate. On October 13, 2018, the Register endorsed all Democratic candidates standing for the House of Representatives in the 2018 elections and stated that Republicans have "failed to govern". On January 25, 2020, the newspaper endorsed Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren for her party's presidential nomination. In 1922, Gardner Cowles' son John launched
3237-601: The Gannett and Sander stations in retransmission consent negotiations, anti-media-consolidation groups (such as Free Press ) and pay television providers (such as Time Warner Cable and DirecTV ) have called for the FCC to block the acquisition. On December 16, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that Gannett, Belo, and Sander would need to divest Belo's station in St. Louis , KMOV , to
3320-692: The Observer and Eccentric chain, in southeast Michigan , including the print editions of the Livonia Observer and papers covering Westland, Farmington, Plymouth, Canton, and Birmingham. Gannett indicated that the publications would provide online content. Gannett's media properties include the following newspapers among the top 100 by circulation in the United States: The Des Moines Register The Des Moines Register
3403-400: The Register and Tribune Syndicate. At its peak, the syndicate offered other newspapers some 60 to 75 features, including editorial cartoonist Herblock and commentaries by David Horowitz , Stanley Karnow , and others. The cartoons and comic strips included Spider-Man . Will Eisner 's The Spirit was part of a 16-page Sunday supplement known colloquially as "The Spirit Section". This was
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3486-831: The acquisition of six stations from the Texas -based London Broadcasting Company in a $ 215 million deal, including KCEN-TV (NBC) in Waco-Temple-Bryan, KYTX (CBS) in Tyler - Longview , KIII (ABC) in Corpus Christi , KBMT (ABC/NBC) in Beaumont - Port Arthur , KXVA (FOX) in Abilene - Sweetwater and KIDY (FOX) in San Angelo . The company's COO Phil Hurley will also join Gannett to continue his leadership role at
3569-498: The book So I'm Talkin' to This Guy... ( ISBN 1-888223-66-9 ). Steve Deace started his career as a sports reporter at the Register. Bloomberg's Senior White House Reporter Jennifer Jacobs was formerly Chief Political Reporter at the Register . Former staffer and Storytellers coach, Lisa Rossi, who had two stints at the paper went on to have a career in stand-up comedy. John Naughton covered high school sports for 31 years. Iowa State columnist Randy Peterson worked at
3652-405: The chain should significantly pare back the opinion material that newspapers traditionally publish on their editorial pages, including editorials, op-ed columns, syndicated columns and editorial cartoons. According to the company-wide memo, "Readers don't want us to tell them what to think. They don't believe we have the expertise to tell anyone what to think on most issues. They perceive us as having
3735-429: The company announced that it would buy out the remainder of Classified Ventures —a joint venture between Gannett and several other media companies, for $ 1.8 billion, giving it full ownership of properties such as Cars.com . On April 21, 2015, Gannett announced that the publishing arm would continue to use the Gannett name, while the broadcasting and digital company would be named Tegna —an anagram of Gannett. The split
3818-461: The company of engaging in a proxy fight . After a failed attempt to place three DFM nominees on Gannett's board of directors through a proxy vote on May 16, 2019, DFM sold shares lowering their ownership to 4.2%. On August 5, 2019, New Media Investment Group, parent of GateHouse Media , announced that it would acquire Gannett. New Media Investment Group is managed and controlled by another private equity firm, Fortress Investment Group . Fortress
3901-573: The country, The Times finalized efforts to trim its size as the second Gannett paper to install a Wifag offset press with modified tabloid format popular in Europe known as a Berliner . This format introduction into the U.S gave publishers another way to cut down on newsprint and save money. Prior, The Times had the last letterpresses remaining in the Gannett company, a Goss Headliner installed in 1961. Gannett invested in personnel at this time, bringing together three Rochester of Technology graduates to lead
3984-831: The email to the attention of Gannett's management to conduct their own investigation. Gannett chief operating officer Michael G. Kane sent the original claimant a letter indicating no evidence had been found and they were "closing out" the matter. A few months later New York passed its Child Victim Act lifting statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims. This initial case is currently pending. Four more lawsuits were filed in February 2020 and are pending. Additionally, three more men filed suit against Gannett for child sex abuse in September 2020 and April 2021; these cases are all pending too. In December 2020, Gannett and its Arizona Republic newspaper were sued by two former paperboys in
4067-437: The end of August, the company announced that it was laying off 3% of its United States workforce, which was about 400 employees. At this announcement, Gannett also said they would not be filling 400 open positions. At the time of the announcement, Gannett stock, which was already down about 45% on the year, fell an additional 28.5%. In October, the company announced the second round of financial austerity steps. These included
4150-616: The fact that the Workers Compensation Board has no mechanism to consider this question of justice and legal rights, as the Board is tasked by the state of New York solely to: " administer workers’ compensation, disability benefits and Paid Family Leave. " On July 26, 2024, this demand of Gannett, received and accepted fully by Judge Deborah Chimes, was reversed , by the Fourth Judicial Department of
4233-551: The fourth largest television broadcaster in the U.S. with 43 stations. Because of ownership conflicts that exist in markets where both Belo and Gannett own television stations and newspapers, the use of a third-party company (Sander Media, LLC, owned by former Belo executive Jack Sander) as a licensee to buy stations to be operated by the owner of a same-market competitor and concerns about any possible future consolidation of operations of Gannett- and Belo-owned properties in markets where both own television stations or collusion involving
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#17327879519124316-506: The general election on October 27, 2012, the first time that it supported a Republican for president since 1972. On July 24, 2015, the newspaper announced that it had been denied press credentials to cover a Donald Trump presidential campaign family picnic in Oskaloosa, Iowa , because of an editorial the previous week that had called on Trump to drop out of the race. On January 23, 2016, it endorsed Republican Senator Marco Rubio for
4399-561: The largest newspaper publisher in the United States, which adopted the Gannett name. Mike Reed was named CEO. Gannett Company, Inc. was formed in 1923 by Frank Gannett in Rochester, New York , as an outgrowth of the Elmira Gazette , a newspaper business he had begun in Elmira, New York , in 1906. Gannett, who was known as a conservative , gained fame and fortune by purchasing small independent newspapers and developing them into
4482-447: The newspaper company, leaving Gannett's remaining broadcasting and digital operations under the leadership of Martore. In a statement, she explained that the split plans were "significant next steps in our ongoing initiatives to increase shareholder value by building scale, increasing cash flow, sharpening management focus, and strengthening all of our businesses to compete effectively in today's increasingly digital landscape." Additionally,
4565-432: The old building was sold for $ 1.6 million with plans for it to be redeveloped into a combination of apartments and retail space. The Indianapolis Star became the sister publication of the paper after it also came under Gannett ownership. In 2019, the Register switched from two print editions - a State and Metro edition - to one edition statewide. The Register came under scrutiny in September 2019 after uncovering
4648-503: The only one to allow unrestricted access. On March 24, 2012, the company announced that it would discipline 25 employees in Wisconsin who had signed the petition to recall Governor Scott Walker , stating that this open public participation in a political process was a violation of the company's code of journalistic ethics and that their primary responsibility as journalists was to maintain credibility and public trust in themselves and
4731-469: The organization. On August 21, 2012, Gannett acquired Blinq Media. Around the first week of October 2012, Gannett entered a dispute against Dish Network regarding compensation fees and Dish's AutoHop commercial-skip feature on its Hopper digital video recorders . Gannett ordered that Dish discontinue AutoHop on the account that it is affecting advertising revenues for Gannett's television stations. Gannett threatened to pull all of its stations should
4814-591: The organization. Beginning in October 2017, The Times was no longer locally published because the distribution center in Shreveport closed to reduce production and labor costs. The Times instead is printed at another Gannett publication, the Longview News-Journal in Longview, Texas , a commute of 65 miles one-way. The Monroe News-Star , which had been published in Shreveport, is printed at
4897-400: The other on broadcasting. The broadcasting company took the name Tegna , and owns about 68 TV stations. The newspaper company inherited the Gannett name. The split was structured so that Tegna is the legal successor of the old Gannett, while the new Gannett is a spin-off . In November 2019, New Media Investment Group acquired and merged its GateHouse Media subsidiary into Gannett, creating
4980-433: The other. Publisher Charles T. Beaird, effective March 30, 1991, closed the Shreveport Journal for financial reasons stemming from sharply reduced circulation. Thereafter, the page opposite the editorial page of The Times , commonly called the op-ed page , was reserved as "The Journal Page" for editorial comment until December 31, 1999. Following a massive downsizing of newspaper staffs in 2009 in cost-cutting moves across
5063-399: The owner and publisher of the Cocoa Tribune , and shared his plan for a morning daily paper in Brevard County. Holderman was not interested. Over the next few years, several Gannett representatives attempted to negotiate a purchase, without success. In the late 1950s, Al Neuharth was assistant managing editor at the Miami Herald and became acquainted with Marie Holderman. In 1963, he
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#17327879519125146-400: The paper for over 50 years. in 2023, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Football Writers Association of America . The Register has won 16 Pulitzer Prizes : Register photographer Robert Modersohn was one of four finalists for the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a selection of photographs the jury described as unusual. Register writer Clark Kauffman
5229-545: The publication won the Newspaper of the Year Award, bestowed by the Iowa Newspaper Association, for seven consecutive years from 2012 to 2019. The paper has also won hundreds of individual INA awards throughout its storied history. In February 2024, Carol Hunter received the Master Editor award for her 20 years in Iowa journalism. Best of Gannett Awards Yearly, Register staffers have the option of submitting their work to be reviewed for potential corporate awards. The paper has won dozens of Gannett Awards. The Register sponsors
5312-411: The requirement that all employees take a week of unpaid leave in December, and a suspension of matching contributions to employee 401(k) accounts. Gannett also instituted a hiring freeze and is seeking volunteers for buyouts. Gannett announced around 200 more layoffs, or 6% of the news division, in November 2022. As part of the cuts, Gannett stopped printing six community papers, collectively known as
5395-484: The same set of facts and disagree on what merits publication. But rest assured such decisions are not made lightly and are rooted in what we perceive as the public good," she explained after receiving complaints from readers. Some readers later found social media comments previously made by the reporter, Aaron Calvin, which contained racial slurs and condemnation of law enforcement. The Register defended its decision and announced that they would launch an investigation into
5478-486: The six stations. The acquisition was completed on July 8, 2014; in total, Gannett stations now serve 83% of households in the state. Post acquisition, Gannett now outright owns and operates their first Fox affiliates, KIDY & KXVA. On August 5, 2014, Gannett announced that it plans to split into two independent publicly traded companies–one focused on newspapers and publishing, the other on broadcasting. Robert Dickey, head of old Gannett's newspaper division, became CEO of
5561-405: The skirmish continue beyond October 7, and Dish and Gannett fail to reach an agreement. The two parties eventually reached an agreement after extending the deadline for a few hours. On June 13, 2013, Gannett announced plans to buy Dallas -based Belo Corporation for $ 1.5 billion and the assumption of debt. The purchase would add 20 additional stations to Gannett's portfolio and make the company
5644-401: The state and profiled throughout the month of December. Readers also have the option to submit potential nominees as well. Over 200 individuals have been featured thus far. Also in 2016, the Register started the triannual Storytellers Project. The series was conceived in September of 2015 and is modeled after a similar event held by The Arizona Republic . Anyone can be a potential speaker for
5727-584: The state by train and later by truck as Iowa's highway system improved. In 1906, the newspaper's first front-page editorial cartoon , illustrated by Jay Norwood Darling , was published; the tradition of front-page editorial cartoons continued until December 4, 2008, when 25-year veteran cartoonist Brian Duffy was let go in a round of staff cuts. The Register employed reporters in cities and towns throughout Iowa, and it covered national and international news stories from an Iowa perspective, even setting up its own news bureau in Washington, D.C. in 1933. During
5810-451: The stylized "G" logo in use since the 1970s (notably used on its TV stations as a corporate/local ID with different animations), and adopted a new company tagline: "It's all within reach." In February 2012, Gannett announced that it would implement a paywall system across all of its daily newspaper websites, with non-subscriber access limited to between five and fifteen articles per month, varying by newspaper. The USA Today website became
5893-420: The time of their injuries in the 1980s or upon enactment of the CVA in 2019. In December 2022, presiding Judge, Deborah A. Chimes acquiesced to Gannett's demands that NY Workers Compensation Board – despite the existence of the Child Victims Act as NY State law – determine if Plaintiffs have a valid cause of action for damages or whether they are limited to benefits under the Worker’s Compensation Law. This despite
5976-520: The time. Nearly three years after the first lawsuit filing, in July 2022, Gannett defense attorneys notified the court of their intent to file a motion to have the former paperboys' Child Victims Act cases taken "out of the state court system and turn them over to the New York Workers' Compensation Board" stating that the 11–14-year-old paperboys should have applied for workman's compensation at
6059-518: The trip in May 1965. Convinced of Gannett's determination and at age 81, Holderman decided to sell, and Pound told the executives they wanted $ 1.9 million in compensation. Neuharth's response: "We told them that was a fair price and we certainly paid her more than she expected to get." In 1966, Neuharth took charge of Gannett Florida. After a few months, the Hudson family in Titusville decided to sell
6142-550: The wire service in Gannett-owned publications. According to a statement from the company, this decision, regarded by observers as a cost-cutting move, "will give us the opportunity to redeploy more dollars toward our teams and build capacity where we might have gaps." In that same memo, Gannett said it signed an agreement with Reuters to publish the newswire's global content. Gannett will continue to pay AP for its election-related polling and vote-counting, and pay to access
6225-463: Was completed on June 29, 2015. The split was structured so that the old Gannett changed its name to Tegna, and then spun off its publishing interests as a "new" Gannett Company. Tegna retained "old" Gannett's stock price history under a new ticker symbol, TGNA, while "new" Gannett inherited "old" Gannett's ticker symbol, GCI. The two companies shared a headquarters complex in Tysons Corner for
6308-478: Was generally more liberal in its outlook than editorial pages of other Iowa newspapers, but there were notable exceptions. The publishers strongly supported Republican Wendell Willkie 's 1940 presidential campaign against Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt . The newspaper also supported Republican Dwight Eisenhower 's campaigns for the Republican nomination and general election in 1952, and again in 1956. Although
6391-576: Was hired by Miller to manage the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York . Two years later, he asked Miller for an opportunity to persuade Holderman. In their meeting, Neuharth complimented the Tribune , but told Holderman that she lacked the resources to win a competition. Holderman was invited to Rochester for a meeting to talk with Gannett executives. The Gannett corporate airplane flew four people from Florida to New York. John Pound, managing editor joined Holderman and her two granddaughters on
6474-529: Was increased under sports editor Garner "Sec" Taylor – for whom Sec Taylor Field at Principal Park is named – in the 1920s. For many years the Register printed its sports sections on peach -colored paper, but that tradition ended for the daily paper in 1981 and for the Sunday Register ' s "Big Peach" in 1999. Another Register tradition – the sponsorship of RAGBRAI – began in 1973 when writer John Karras challenged columnist Donald Kaul to do
6557-784: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Douglas H. McCorkindale succeeded Curley as CEO in 2000 and chairman in 2001. That year, the company moved to its headquarters in Tysons Corner, Virginia , a suburb of Washington, D.C. Beginning in 2005 at the Fort Myers News-Press , Gannett pioneered the mojo concept of mo bile multimedia jo urnalists, reporters who were initially untethered from conventional newsrooms and drove around their communities filing hyperlocal news in various formats including text for print publication, still photos for print and online publication, and audio and video for
6640-468: Was one of three finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials in Iowa. Editorial writer Andie Dominick was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for her series of editorials on Iowa's job licensing laws, and later won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize. INA Awards Additionally,
6723-523: Was purchased from DuPont and The Tennessean in Nashville in 1979, when the chain had grown to 79 newspapers. In 1982, the broadcasting unit partnered with Telepictures Corporation to start out its Newscope program. Gannett's oldest newspaper is the Berrow's Worcester Journal based in Worcester, England and founded in 1690. In the United States, the oldest newspapers still in circulation are
6806-465: Was renamed KCCI after the radio station was sold in 1974. Cowles eventually acquired other newspapers, radio stations and television stations, but almost all of them were sold to other companies by 1985. In 1943, the Register became the first newspaper to sponsor a statewide opinion poll when it introduced the Iowa Poll, modeled after Iowan George Gallup's national Gallup poll . Sports coverage
6889-511: Was selected chief politics reporter for the 2020 United States presidential election and co-moderated the seventh Democratic debate with Wolf Blitzer and Abby Phillip on January 14, 2020. Rekha Basu was a Register opinion columnist for over 30 years. iowa Columnist Courtney Crowder has been at the paper for nearly a decade. The senior writer was also a co-director of the RAGBRAI documentary. Former columnist Rob Borsellino authored
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