GateHouse and Gannett are on the verge of becoming the biggest newspaper company in the US. GateHouse announced Monday that the two companies have agreed to merge, meaning that the Democrat & Chronicle, the Rochester Business Journal, the Canandaigua Daily Messenger, the Daily Record, and USA Today will all have the same owner. GateHouse — […]
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GateHouse and Gannett talk consolidation
GateHouse Media already owns the Canandaigua Daily Messenger and the suburban Post papers. Its business-to-business division, Bridgetower Media, owns the Rochester Business Journal and The Daily Record. Soon, the Democrat & Chronicle could be a GateHouse paper, too. GateHouse and Gannett — the D&C’s owner — are in merger talks, and reports from the Wall […]
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Gannett’s future – and us
One of the big national news stories last week had a deep local angle, and big implications for Rochester: The Democrat and Chronicle’s parent, the Gannett Company – founded here, and in the long-ago past, headquartered here – plans to split into two parts. One will contain its newspapers and their websites, the other its […]
