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The Tennessean
The July 27, 2005 front page of The Tennessean
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	Gannett Company
Publisher	Ellen Leifeld
Editor	Mark Silverman
Founded	1907
Headquarters	1100 Broadway Nashville, Tennessee 32703 United States
Circulation	174,073 Daily 232,334 Sunday^[1]

Website: Tennessean.com

This article is about the newspaper. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation For other uses, see Tennessean.

The Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with a circulation area covering 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.

As of November 2, 2005, the paper reported daily circulation of 177,714; Saturday circulation of 199,489 and Sunday circulation of 250,575. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Newspaper 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day 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. The Audit Bureau of Circulations ( ABC) of North America is a not-for-profit circulation-auditing organization

It is owned by the Gannett Corporation, and is affiliated with 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. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Its circulation area also overlaps those of the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle and the Murfreesboro Daily News-Journal, two other independent Gannett papers. The Leaf-Chronicle is a newspaper in the state of Tennessee, founded officially in 1890.

The company publishes several specialty publications including the Nashville Record, All The Rage (a weekly, entertainment-oriented publication), and Nashville Lifestyles magazine. It's the Rage is a 1999 film version of Keith Reddin 's play "The Alarmist" about three interconnected stories and how Handguns affect It publishes Davidson AM, Williamson AM, and Rutherford AM, local supplements covering these counties.

The paper's primary print competitors are the daily The City Paper, the weekly Nashville Scene and the Nashville Business Journal. The City Paper is a Free daily newspaper (now only printed two days a week serving Nashville Tennessee. Nashville Scene is an Alternative newsweekly in Nashville Tennessee. In 2004 Gannett announced the acquisition of the Franklin Review-Appeal, and the Murfreesboro Daily News-Journal from Morris Multimedia. The Review-Appeal became a supplement of The Tennessean, while the Daily News Journal continued to operate as an independent newspaper.

The paper maintains two Goss Colorliner presses. In 2002, the paper completed installation of a MAN Roland UNISET press, which is now used to print regional editions of USA Today, as well as commercial printing jobs. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company.

Ellen Leifeld was named as publisher in September 2005, succeeding Leslie Giallombardo, who became the newspaper's first female publisher in April 2002.

Frank Sutherland served as editor of the newspaper for most of the last decade. He began his journalism career as a reporter at the paper in the 1960s, and returned as editor after a serving in several leadership positions at other newspapers. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 He announced his retirement in September of 2004, and was briefly succeeded by Everett J. Mitchell II, the former managing editor of the Detroit News, who was the first African American to be editor of The Tennessean. The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the US African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Mark Silverman was announced as editor September 18, 2006. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

History

The Tennessean, Nashville's primary daily newspaper, traces its roots back to the Nashville Whig, a weekly paper that began publication on September 1, 1812. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The paper is involved in various mergers and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, eventually emerging as the Nashville American.

The first issue of the Nashville Tennessean was printed on Sunday May 12, 1907. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The paper was founded by Col. Luke Lea, a 28-year-old attorney and local political activist. Luke Lea ( April 12 1879 &ndash November 18 1945) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person

In 1910, the publishers purchased a controlling interest in the Nashville American, and began publishing an edition known as The Tennessean American. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The American formally folded in 1911, with some of its employees banding together to found the Nashville Democrat. This paper was purchased by the Tennessean in 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

In 1931, Col. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr. were indicted for their role in the failure of the Central Bank and Trust Co. In the Common law legal system an indictment (ɪnˈdaɪtmənt (in-DITE-mint is a formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense of Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is a City in and the County seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United On March 3, 1933, the newspaper was placed under federal receivership, and Ashland City attorney and former Tennessean editorial writer Littleton J. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In law a receiver is a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others including tangible and intangible assets and rights Ashland City is a town in Cheatham County, Tennessee, United States. Pardue was appointed to direct the paper. Under his leadership circulation grew swiftly, but the newspaper continued to lose money.

In 1935, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation acquired a large portion of the paper's outstanding bonds, which it eventually sold to Paul Davis, president of the First American National Bank of Nashville. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation ( RFC) was an independent agency of the United States government chartered during the administration of Herbert Hoover First American National Bank was a subsidiary of First American National Corporation, a financial institution based in Nashville Tennessee that served the states

The paper was sold at auction in 1937, and was purchased for $850,000 by Silliman Evans, Sr. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. a former reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major US daily Newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area Evans came to an agreement with Nashville Banner publisher James Stahlman to move both newspapers into new offices at 1100 Broadway, and to create the Newspaper Printing Corporation as a business agent for both papers. The Nashville Banner was a daily newspaper of Nashville Tennessee which ceased publication in 1998 As part of this agreement, the Tennessean ceased publication of its evening editions, and the Banner ceased publication of its Sunday edition. The two newspapers maintained a joint operating agreement from 1937 until the Banner ceased publication February 20, 1998. The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was an Act of the United States Congress, signed by President Richard Nixon, that authorized the formation Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The two papers operated out of the same building and shared advertising and production staff, but maintained separate (and very distinct) ownership and editorial voices.

On June 2, 1955, Silliman Evans Jr. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) was named president of the paper. After his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 26, the board of the paper elected him publisher, and he became president of the Newspaper Printing Corporation in August. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire.

In 1957, Tennessean cartoonist Tom Little won a Pulitzer Prize for his cartoon encouraging parents to have their children immunized against polio. A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's Immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via

In 1961, Silliman Evans Jr. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. died of a heart attack at age 36 while on his boat on Old Hickory Lake. Old Hickory Lake is a man-made Lake in north central Tennessee. Ownership of the newspaper passed to his mother, and several months later his brother Amon Carter Evans was named Chief Executive of the paper.

Tennessean reporters Nat Caldwell and Gene Graham won a Pulitzer Prize in 1962 "[f]or their exclusive disclosure and six years of detailed reporting, under great difficulties, of the undercover cooperation between management interests in the coal industry and the United Mine Workers. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Mine Workers of America ( UMW or UMWA) is a North " In the same year, John Seigenthaler Sr. was named editor of the newspaper. John Lawrence Seigenthaler (ˈsiːgɛnˌθɔːlɚ born July 27 1927 is an American journalist, writer and political figure. He would earn the additional title of publisher in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.

In 1972, the Gannett Corporation purchased the Nashville Banner from the Stahlman family. In 1979, Gannett sold the Banner to a group of local investors including political figure John Jay Hooker, businessman Brownlee Currey and Franklin banker Irby Simpkins for about $25 million. John Jay Hooker Jr (born 1930 is a Nashville Tennessee Attorney, Entrepreneur, Perennial candidate and political gadfly. Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. It then purchased the Tennessean from the Evans family for about $50 million. John Seigenthaler became president, publisher, and editor of the Gannett-owned Tennessean.

In 1989, Frank Sutherland was named editor. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) He had begun his career as a reporter at the paper in 1963. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seigenthaler retired as publisher in 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. He was replaced by Craig Moon, who held the post until he moved into a corporate position with Gannett in 2002; Moon was later named publisher of USA Today. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Leslie Giallombardo was publisher from 2002 to 2005. Seigenthaler remains "Chairman Emeritus. "

In September of 1998, the paper launched Tennessean. com, its news and information website. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages

Among the notable journalists who have worked for The Tennessean are Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper, Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam, and cartoonist Anthony Wright. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Gore (born August 19, 1948) is an author photographer former " Second Lady of the United States," and the wife of The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, David Halberstam ( April 10 1934 – April 23 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning Journalist

References

^ 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2007-03-31). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Retrieved on 2007-05-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the

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