Decimation of daily newspapers sets stage for ominous Star sale
Days after Gannett Co. agreed to buy Central Newspapers Inc., parent of The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic, for $2.6 billion in 2000, then-Gannett CEO Doug McCorkindale toured the Indianapolis newsroom and declared, “It’s going to be business as usual, for the most part.” It was the last four words that worried Star staffers—who were […]