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Gannett

COMPANY

Founded in 1906 by Frank Gannett, incorporated in 1923, listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1969. Owner of USA Today and a very large number of American local newspapers.

Official Website:
http://www.gannett.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:GCI

Corporate headquarters:
McLean, VA

Sales:
$6.7B (2003)

Employees:
53,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cathleen Black
Business
26-Apr-1944   New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11
Ward H. Bushee
Editor
c. 1949   San Francisco Chronicle Editor
Susan Clark-Johnson
Publisher
c. 1947   President, Newspaper Divison, Gannett
Craig A. Dubow
Business
26-Oct-1954   CEO of Gannett
Frank Gannett
Business
15-Sep-1876 3-Dec-1957 Founder, Gannett publishing empire
William J. Keating
Publisher
30-Mar-1927   Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92
John J. Louis, Jr.
Business
10-Jun-1925 15-Feb-1995 US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Gannett, 2000-05
Al Neuharth
Journalist
22-Mar-1924   Founder of USA Today
Charles L. Overby
Journalist
c. 1946   CEO of Freedom Forum, Newseum
Ken Paulson
Editor
c. 1953   Editor of USA Today
John R. Purcell
Business
c. 1932   Grenadier Associates, Ltd.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Louis D. Boccardi
Journalist
c. 1938   CEO of Associated Press, 1985-2003
Craig A. Dubow
Business
26-Oct-1954   CEO of Gannett
Arthur H. Harper
Business
3-Dec-1955   CEO, GE Equipment Services 2002-05
John Jeffry Louis III
Business
1963   Parson Capital Corporation
Marjorie Magner
Business
1949   Former Citibank executive
Duncan M. McFarland
Business
c. 1939   Wellington Management Company
Donna Shalala
Government
14-Feb-1941   Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001
Karen Hastie Williams
Business
c. 1944   Retired Partner, Crowell & Moring

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cathleen Black
Business
26-Apr-1944   New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11
Andrew Brimmer
Economist
13-Sep-1926   Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74
Rosalynn Carter
First Lady
18-Aug-1927   Wife of US President Jimmy Carter
Charles B. Fruit
Business
c. 1947 27-May-2008 Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola, 2004-06
James A. Johnson
Business
24-Dec-1943   CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
Drew Lewis
Government
3-Nov-1931   US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
John J. Louis, Jr.
Business
10-Jun-1925 15-Feb-1995 US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Gannett, 2000-05
Stephen P. Munn
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Carlisle Companies, 1988-2001
Al Neuharth
Journalist
22-Mar-1924   Founder of USA Today
Sam Palmisano
Business
29-Jul-1951   CEO of IBM
Solomon D. Trujillo
Business
17-Nov-1951   CEO of Telstra

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adam Nagourney
Journalist
10-Oct-1954   New York Times
Peter S. Pritchard
Journalist
c. 1944   Editor of USA Today, 1986-94

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation


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