Clear Channel and Gannett

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20110610/DEFSECT04/106100313/French-Taxpayers-Hook-Thales-Commissions-
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5 Challenges From Defense Acquisition Reform

Posted: September 28, 2011

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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gannett

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Gannett

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Gannett Co., Inc. is the largest newspaper publisher in the United States.

The company publishes 85 daily newspapers in the U.S., including USA Today, and nearly 1,000 non-daily publications. The company’s U.S. daily newspapers have a combined daily paid circulation of approximately 7.2 million. Gannett also operates 23 television stations with a market reach of more than 20.1 million households.

Through its subsidiary, Newsquest, Gannett is the second largest regional newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom with a portfolio of more than 300 titles.

Gannett also has investments in several Internet-related ventures, including CareerBuilder (employment advertising); Classified Ventures (auto and real estate ads); Topix.net (news content aggregator); Shermans Travel (online travel service); Shop Local (online marketing solutions); and 4INFO (mobile phone search services).[1]

Top competitors are McClatchy Company, News Corporation, and Tribune Company. ^[1]

Advertainment

In Denver, Sacramento, Atlanta and Cleveland, radio stations owned by the Gannett media conglomerate have adopted "advertainment" - a new programming format that consists of "hybrid shows, which mix entertainment with commercial content (in addition to regular commercial breaks)." In Minneapolis, Gannett affiliate KARE plans this spring to "revamp its chatty mid-morning talk show 'Today,' and put much of that happy talk up for sale," writes Deborah Caulfield Rybak. [2] "Advertisers will pay $2,000 to $2,500 for 5-minute segments on the show. ... 'I am aghast,' said University of Minnesota media ethics professor Jane Kirtley, who at first thought a reporter was kidding about the new format. 'This is the logical extension of the whole pernicious practice of infomercials. If viewers are accustomed to getting [talk show] programming in a very different way, to suddenly change the rules on them isn't fair.'"

Personnel

Executives and 2007 pay:^[2]

• Craig A. Dubow, Chairman, President and CEO, $7,546,710^[3]
• Paul Davidson, Chairman & chief executive officer, Newsquest plc, $2,367,222^[4]
• Robert J. Dickey, President, U.S. Community Publishing
• Roxanne V. Horning, Senior vice president, Gannett Human Resources
• Dave Lougee, President, Gannett Broadcasting
• Gracia C. Martore, Executive vice president and chief financial officer, $3,026,985^[5]
• Craig A. Moon, President and publisher, USA TODAY, $1,607,001^[6]
• Chris Saridakis, Senior vice president and chief digital officer
• Wendell J. Van Lare, Senior vice president, Gannett Labor Relations
• John A. Williams, President, Gannett Digital Ventures
• Kurt Wimmer, Senior vice president, general counsel

Board of Directors

• Craig A. Dubow, Chairman, President and CEO
• Arthur H. Harper, Other directorships: Monsanto Company
• John Jeffry Louis, Chairman and co-founder, Parson Capital Corporation
• Marjorie Magner, Other directorships: Accenture; and The Charles Schwab Corporation
• Duncan M. McFarland, Other directorships: NYSE Euronext, Inc.; The Asia Pacific Fund, Inc.,; and trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation
• Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami. Other directorships: Lennar Corporation
• Neal Shapiro, Other directorships and trusteeships: American Public Television; Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE); and Communications and Media Studies program, Tufts University
• Karen Hastie Williams, Other directorships: The Chubb Corporation; Continental Airlines, Inc.; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; and WGL Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Washington Gas Light Company^[7]

Contact details

7950 Jones Branch Drive

McLean, VA 22107

Phone: (703) 854-6000

Fax: (703) 854-2053

Web: http://www.gannett.com/

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CanArgo_Energy
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FROM 2008 Web Site:
CanArgo Energy Corporation ("CanArgo") "is an international oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the exciting oil and gas provinces of the former Soviet Union.
"CanArgo is currently focused on Georgia in the Caucasus where it has a large portfolio of attractive exploration, appraisal and development projects in the onshore Kura Basin in the east central part of the country. The company has been applying modern technology, including the use of horizontal drilling, in the rehabilitation of old fields for the production of unswept oil while actively exploring for new deposits of oil and gas in "neglected" parts of this proven hydrocarbon basin. In recent times, it has completed two deep exploration wells with promising results, and is currently preparing to test one of these potential large new oil discoveries."

http://www.answers.com/topic/gannett-company
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Referring to itself as a diversified news and information company, Gannett Company, Inc. owns 101 daily newspapers, including the best-selling daily newspaper in the United States, USA Today, which is also available in 60 countries worldwide. Gannett also owns more than 20 television stations covering roughly 17 percent of the United States. Although the company's focus is primarily in its newspaper and broadcasting properties, it operates a news service and is also involved in commercial printing, telemarketing, data services, and news programming. The company also owns and operates over 130 web sites in the United States and another 80 in the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Gannett maintains offices in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Hong Kong.


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http://gannettgovernmentmedia.com/careers/
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http://articles.mcall.com/2011-07-08/business/mc-fcc-rule-3-20110708_1_cross-ownership-limits-on-cross-ownership-local-broadcast-ownership

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Court tells FCC to review cross-ownership rule

Federal panel said agency should not have relaxed limits without more public notice

July 08, 2011|By Sophia Pearson and Todd Shields, Of Bloomberg News

A U.S. appeals court has vacated a Federal Communications Commission rule relaxing limits on cross- ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets, saying the agency failed to provide adequate notice.

The FCC in 2007 approved a rule allowing publishers to own both newspapers and broadcast stations in the biggest U.S. cities. CBS Corp., Clear Channel Communications Inc., Gannett Co., and Cox Enterprises Inc. challenged the FCC order for failing to relax the rule further. Consumer groups argued that the FCC didn't provide adequate notice and that elements of the rule were not supported by evidence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gannett_Company_assets

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean,_Virginia

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McLean is home to five Fortune 500 companies: Freddie Mac, Capital One, SAIC, Gannett, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Mars, Hilton Worldwide, Alion Science and Technology and the National Automobile Dealers Association are also headquartered in the CDP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Times

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Marine Corps Times (ISSN 1522-0869) is a weekly newspaper serving active, reserve and retired United States Marine Corps personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides.

Marine Corps Times is published by Gannett Government Media, which is a part of Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI). Gannett Government Media Corporation, formerly known as Army Times Publishing Company, was purchased by Gannett in 1997 from the Times Journal Company

See also

Air Force Times

Army Times

Navy Times

Air Force Times is published by Gannett Government Media, part of Gannett. Gannett Government Media, formerly known as the Army Times Publishing Company, was purchased by Gannett in 1997 from the Times Journal Company.^[2]

Army Times is published by the Gannett Government Media Corporation, which is a part of Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI). Gannett Government Media Corporation, formerly known as Army Times Publishing Company, was purchased by Gannett in 1997 from the Times Journal Company

Navy Times is published by the Gannett Government Media Corporation, which is a part of Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI). Gannett Government Media Corporation, formerly known as Army Times Publishing Company, was purchased by Gannett in 1997 from the Times Journal Company

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannett_Government_Media
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http://gannettgovernmentmedia.com/
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Gannett Government Media is home to one of the world's largest government news organizations. With more than 100 dedicated journalists working in our corporate headquarters, eight domestic and international bureaus, and correspondents in 14 countries, we span the world gathering the latest information that affects the lives and careers of our readers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNw7tVp7ng

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/separation-powers/
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One of the most outspoken members of the press was the Rochester, NY, newspaper publisher, Frank Gannett. Our study document (99K JPEG) is a letter sent by Gannett to the Office of the Solicitor in the Justice Department and then referred to the Attorney General. Like many others in the file, it expresses the concern that the real issue is not judicial reform but the continued expansion of executive power. {A text version of study document is available.}
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Teaching With Documents:
Constitutional Issues: Separation of Power

(Originally published in Social Education, the Journal of the National Council for the Social Studies).

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A STATEMENT BY
FRANK E. GANNETT, PUBLISHER GANNETT NEWSPAPERS
President Roosevelt has cleverly camouflaged a most amazing and startling proposal for packing the Supreme Court. It is true that the lower courts are slow and overburdened, we probably do need more judges to expedite litigation but this condition should not be used as a subtle excuse for changing the complexion and undermining the independence of our highest court. Increasing the number of judges from nine to fifteen would not make this high tribunal act any more promptly than it does now, but it would give the President control of the Judiciary Department.
A year ago I predicted that this is exactly what would happen if Roosevelt was reelected. The Supreme Court having declared invalid many of the administration measures the President now resorts to a plan of creating a Supreme Court that will be entirely sympathetic with his ideas. Provision has been made for amending the Constitution. If is necessary to change the Constitution it should be done in the regular way. The President is mistaken, if he thinks he can conceal his real purpose of packing, influencing and controlling the Supreme Court by confusing that objective with a long dissertation on the slow action of our various courts.
The Supreme Court has been the anchor that has held America safe through many storms. Its absolute independence and integrity must never be
in doubt.
Our Government is composed of three departments, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary. These are the foundations of our Democracy. As a result of the election and the transfer of powers by so-called emergency measures, the Executive now dominates the Legislative Department. The President now proposes also to dominate the Judiciary. Do we want to give to this man or any one man complete control of these three departments of our Government which have from the beginning of the Republic been kept entirely separate and independent?
This proposal should give every American grave concern for it is a step towards absolutism and complete dictatorial power.
Frank E. Gannett



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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704268104576108343274666656.html
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Don't Just Cut Government, Reinvent It

Across-the-board reductions will not improve efficiency.

JANUARY 31, 2011, 7:36 P.M. ET

BY LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR.

The hottest topic in Washington, D.C., and many state capitals is cutting the cost and size of government. Understandably so—we are living way beyond our means, and the future of our nation is at stake.

Nevertheless, after a 40-year business career that included numerous restructurings, cost-management programs and "downsizings," I've learned that it's not always enough just to cut costs. Sometimes an organization needs a new vision. And today, in this country, that is what we desperately need.

Americans do not want only a smaller government; they want a more productive government. We do not want simply to decrease our ...