Aug
10
2006

new acquisition

I read recently that Gannett has added a college newspaper to its media empire. Last week, the Tallahassee Democrat, a Gannett paper, purchased FSView and Florida Flambeau, the student newspaper at Florida State University. (Tallahassee Democrat: “College paper changes hands” - 08/02/06)

Media observers say this is the first time that a major newspaper chain has purchased an independent, privately owned publication that is geared toward students, faculty and administrators. The Flambeau has been independent since 1971. The then-floundering newspaper merged with FSView in 1998, and the publication has a circulation of about 25,000 readers during the academic year.

FSView & Florida Flambeau is unlike most college newspapers, which are generally nonprofit or affiliated with a university journalism school.

(Inside Higher Ed: “Gannett Purchases Student Paper” - 08/03/06)

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