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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

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

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

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