Guy Gannett Communications

Guy Gannett Communications was a family-owned business consisting of newspapers in Maine and a handful of television stations in the eastern United States. The company was founded by its namesake, Guy P. Gannett, in 1921, and was managed by a family trust from 1954 to 1998, when it sold most of its properties to The Seattle Times Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Not to be confused with Gannett.
Guy Gannett Communications
IndustryNewspapers and television stations
Founded1921
DefunctSeptember 1998
FateBroken up and sold in 1998
Successor
  • Ackerley Group
  • Blethen Maine Newspapers / MaineToday Media
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group
HeadquartersPortland, Maine, United States
Key people
  • Guy P. Gannett
  • (founder)
  • Madeleine G. Corson
  • (chairman)
  • James B. Shaffer
  • (president, CEO)
ProductsThree daily newspapers in Maine and seven television stations in the eastern United States
Number of employees
1998: 1,400
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