Newspaper publishing operations in the United Kingdom, operating as Newsquest, include 17 daily newspapers, more than 300 non-daily publications, locally integrated Web sites and classified business Web sites with national reach. Newsquest is the second largest regional newspaper publisher in the U.K.

In broadcasting, the company operates 22 television stations in the U.S. with a market reach of more than 19.8 million households. Each of these stations also operates locally oriented Internet Web sites offering news, entertainment and advertising content, in text and video format. Through its Captivate subsidiary, the broadcasting group delivers news and advertising to a highly desirable audience demographic through its video screens in office tower and select hotel elevators.

Gannett’s Total Online Internet Audience in December 2005 was nearly 21 million unique visitors, reaching about 13.5% of the Internet audience, as measured by Nielsen//NetRatings.

Complementing its publishing and broadcasting businesses, the company has made strategic investments in the online advertising business through its subsidiary, PointRoll, which provides online advertisers with rich media marketing services, and through several important partnership investments, including CareerBuilder for employment advertising; Classified Ventures for auto and real estate ads; Topix.net, a news content aggregator; ShermansTravel, an online travel service; ShopLocal, a provider of online marketing solutions for local, regional and national advertisers of all types; and 4INFO, which provides mobile phone search services.

Gannett was founded by Frank E. Gannett and associates in 1906 and incorporated in 1923. The company went public in 1967. It reincorporated in Delaware in 1972. Its more than 238 million outstanding shares of common stock are held by approximately 10,500 shareholders of record in all 50 states and several foreign countries. The company has approximately 52,600 employees. Its headquarters are in McLean, Va., near Washington, D.C.