Local News
Gannett, parent company of FDL Reporter, receives buyout offer
The newspaper chain MNG wants to buy media giant Gannett for just over one-point-three billion dollars. Gannett is the biggest newspaper publisher in the country. Its holdings include USA Today, and local papers in Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton and Milwaukee to name a few. MNG, which is better known as Digital First Media, already owns a seven and-a-half percent stake in Gannett. It publishes dozens of papers, including the Boston Herald, Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News, and the Salt Lake Tribune.