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Big Newsies Join Forces, Sell Online Ads

Local online advertising sold by quadrantONE, a company formed by four major newspaper publishers, launched as an alternative to the Yahoo-led consortium of newspapers.

Gannett Appoints New CDO

You might imagine that more than a couple of companies have tossed the title of Chief Digital Officer at some random young guy.  Gannett Co. seems to have thought things through, however, and it's given the position to Chris Saridakis, the CEO of PointRoll.

Maven Scores Gannett USAToday.com Video Deal

Maven Networks will roll out an online TV solution with news publisher Gannett's USAToday website and 150 other websites.

Yahoo Boosts Newspaper Group Membership

Seventeen more newspapers signed on with Yahoo to participate in its classifieds program where HotJobs provides the job listings.

Whisper: Papers Plot Online Ad Network

Five major newspaper publishers may be ready to create a national ad network that will let them keep all of their ad revenue in-house.

Gannett, Tribune Partner On Local Sites

Newspaper publishers Tribune Co. and Gannett Co. have entered into a joint venture to expand a national network of local entertainment Web sites.

Gannett Launches Local Mobile Sites

News company Gannett announced today that it is entering the mobile market and will make its breaking news, sports, weather and local information available to mobile phone users in 100 local markets.

Gannett Discovers Local Search

The newspaper publisher picked up Planet Discover, a local search and integrated advertising technology company, for its publication websites.

4Info Dials Up Gannett Deal

A partnership with USA Today parent Gannett sees the newspaper publisher take a minority stake in the 4INFO mobile search and information service.

MySpace Is Now FoxSpace

Okay, so NYT bought About.com - which is basically just a form of citizen journalism. Okay, so IAC bought AskJeeves, and in the process got the much beloved Bloglines.