Business
Gannett alleges Google and its parent company, Alphabet, unlawfully acquire and maintain monopolies on the tech tools used to buy and sell digital ads.
Sports
After four years of annual Nike-designed All-Star uniforms, the league confirmed Monday it would scrap the special All-Star outfits.
Shares of Gannett Co., the publisher that owns USA Today, climbed as much as 9% Thursday on a report that it has held talks with Gatehouse Media about a possible merger that would unite the two largest newspaper chains in the U.S.
Opinion
Presidential endorsements are statements of values and aspiration for the direction of the country. When we opine on so many other issues, why should we be silent when it comes to one of the most consequential?
GateHouse has closed its $1.1-billion takeover of Gannett, promising a $300-million cut in annual costs.
Two of the country’s largest newspaper companies have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry’s struggles with a decline of printed editions.
Music
The Beyoncé reporter job at USA Today, which mirrors the company’s Taylor Swift beat, goes to Caché McClay, who says, ‘I grew up in a Beyoncé household.’
Gannett, publisher of USA Today, is in advanced talks to combine with GateHouse Media in a deal that would merge the two largest owners of newspapers in the U.S. by circulation.
A few dozen newspaper employees staged a protest in May outside the New York City office of their owner, hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
Entertainment & Arts
Among those who believe that the press provides value for society — especially local journalism that slaps state and municipal politicians’ hands out of the public cookie jar — Alden Global Capital is a “vulture investing” firm that makes real vultures look good by comparison.