The Tennessean
Summary
The Tennessean (known until 1970 as The Nashville Tennessean) is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky.As of November 2, 2005, the paper reported daily circulation of 177,714; Saturday circulation of 199,489 and Sunday circulation of 250,575. These values were lower than Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for late 2004, which listed circulation as 199,366, 199,366 and 271,849, respectively.It is owned by the Gannett Corporation, which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including the Dickson Herald, the Gallatin News-Examiner, the Hendersonville Star-News, the Fairview Observer, and the Ashland City Times.
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Hospital PR people write articles in Tennessean’s health section
Nashville Scene Carole Bartoo and Dagny Stuart wrote pieces in The Nashville Tennessean’s new health section, reports Steve Cavendish, but the former journalists didn’t get a byline — their employer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, did instead.
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Bachmann Tied Up In Tea Party Lawsuit
Former Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has been named a witness for the defense in a lawsuit against Tea Party HD, a failed television network founded in 2010.
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Will a name change help the St. Pete Times the way it did the South Florida Sun-Sentinel?
The St. Petersburg Times is trading in the name that bears its storied past for a new one targeting the future, Chairman and CEO Paul Tash said in an interview Tuesday.
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Live chat Tuesday: Strategies for creating, sustaining a startup news site
In this week’s career chat, we’ll talk with Jennifer Peebles of Texas Watchdog, a Houston-based startup news site that covers state and local government. Peebles, a former editor at the Tennessean who is now deputy editor of Texas… Read more.
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WATCH: Reporter Films His Own Arrest At Occupy Protest
A reporter who was arrested during an Occupy Nashville Protest has posted video of his altercation with authorities. His employer says the video offers proof that the arrest was unlawful.
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Publisher wants governor to apologize for reporter’s arrest at Occupy Nashville
Nashville Scene Tennessean | Nashville Scene | News Channel 5 Nashville Scene reporter Jonathan Meador, 26, was one of two dozen or so people arrested over the weekend by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers at Occupy Nashville. … Read more.
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The Tennessean releases its first tablet edition; app will need an update to improve performance, and a business model to make it worth the effort
The Gannett owned The Tennessean has released its first iPad app for its Nashville newspaper, but the app crashed several times on my first generation iPad and initially failed to load the articles.
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Innocent and Malignant Typos and the Case of Filloux v. Jarvis
As one who cares more than he should about such things, I’ve been spending way too much time today mulling over Rob O’Regan’s recent post on eMedia Vitals, “Can you spare 15 minutes in the battle against typos?”.
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The newsonomics of defense and offense
Editor’s Note: Each week, Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of news for the Lab.
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Gannett cuts deeper still at US papers
Gannett, the largest US newspaper publisher, appears to be imposing a wage freeze at its community division.
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