Report: Gannett To Buy World, Moon

Regulators wring their hands over Gannett (possibly) getting huge

Gannett’s proposed purchase of a Midwest community-newspaper publisher is under investigation by the Justice Department, according to the Associated Press and the New York Times today. The McLean-based newspaper giant (whose pretty new HQ we covered last week) is looking to buy the community papers in Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

There are also rumblings that Gannett might be close to buying the Pulitzer newspaper chain. (Ironic, huh, that the most famous name in journalism might become victim to the cookie-cutter Gannett mold?)

Now Fishbowl’s not the brightest bulb on the block, but a quick gander at the history of Gannett

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