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The Gazette Newspapers
have a companion website (
www.gazette.net
) that includes editorial material and classified
advertising from the print newspapers. The military newspapers produced by this division are supported by a website
(
www.dcmilitary.com
) that includes base guides and other features, as well as articles from the print newspapers. Each
website also contains display advertising that is sold specifically for the site.
The Gazette Newspapers
and
Southern Maryland Newspapers
together employ approximately 170 editors, reporters
and photographers.
This division also operates a commercial printing business in suburban Maryland.
The Herald
The Company owns The Daily Herald Company, publisher of
The Herald
in Everett, Washington, about 30 miles north of
Seattle.
The Herald
is published mornings seven days a week and is primarily distributed by home delivery in Snohomish
County. The Daily Herald Company also provides commercial printing services and publishes four controlled-circulation
weekly community newspapers (collectively known as
The Enterprise Newspapers
) that are distributed by home delivery
in south Snohomish and north King Counties. In April 2006 The Daily Herald Company began publishing
La Raza del
Noroeste,
a weekly Spanish-language newspaper that is distributed free of charge in over 600 retail locations in
Snohomish, King, Skagit and northern Pierce Counties.
The Herald'
s average paid circulation as reported to ABC for the 12 months ended September 30, 2006 was 49,847
daily (including Saturday) and 55,157 Sunday. The aggregate average weekly circulation of
The Enterprise Newspapers
during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2006 was approximately 74,000 copies. The current weekly circulation
of
La Raza del Noroeste
is approximately 25,000 copies.
The Herald, The Enterprise Newspapers
and
La Raza
together employ approximately 80 editors, reporters and
photographers.
Greater Washington Publishing
The Company's Greater Washington Publishing, Inc. subsidiary publishes several free-circulation advertising periodicals
that have little or no editorial content and are distributed in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area using sidewalk
distribution boxes. Greater Washington Publishing's two largest periodicals of that kind are
The Washington Post
Apartment Showcase,
which is published monthly and has an average circulation of about 52,000 copies, and
New
Homes Guide,
which is published six times a year and has an average circulation of about 84,000 copies. Greater
Washington Publishing also produces
Washington Spaces,
a luxury home and design magazine featuring photographic
layouts of visually appealing homes in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Washington Spaces,
which is distributed by
mail (principally on a controlled-circulation basis) and through newsstand sales, is published six times a year and has an
average circulation of approximately 75,000 copies.
El Tiempo Latino
El Tiempo Latino LLC, another subsidiary of the Company, publishes
El Tiempo Latino,
a weekly Spanish-language
newspaper that is distributed free of charge in northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and Washington, D.C. using sidewalk
news boxes and retail locations that provide space for distribution.
El Tiempo Latino
provides a mix of local, national and
international news together with sports and community-events coverage and has a current circulation of approximately
60,000 copies. Employees of the newspaper handle advertising sales as well as pre-press production, and content is
provided by a combination of wire service copy, contributions from freelance writers and photographers and stories
produced by the newspaper's own editorial staff.
Television Broadcasting
Through subsidiaries, the Company owns six VHF television stations located in Houston, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Miami,
Florida; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Jacksonville, Florida; which are, respectively, the 10th, 11th, 16th,
19th, 37th and 50th largest broadcasting markets in the United States.
Five of the Company's television stations are affiliated with one or another of the major national networks. The Company's
Jacksonville station, WJXT, has operated as an independent station since 2002.
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