Local News and Information Goes Mobile: Gannett Launches 100+ Local Mobile Sites.MCLEAN, Va. -- Breaking news, sports, weather and other must-have local information now can be accessed easily by mobile phone users in more than 100 local markets, Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute ) announced today. The local mobile sites are designed to appear on small screens and include content - updated 24/7 - produced by local Gannett Information Centers. Information Centers power real-time news and information to multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , including the Web, newspapers, television and now mobile devices, throughout the day and night. The new mobile sites carry local, regional and national display advertising. They are free to consumers with mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. browsing and data plans. "Local news and information is more in demand than ever by consumers across the country. Making it easily available by mobile device takes Gannett's local information expertise and puts it in consumers' hands," said Jack Williams
John (Jack) Henry Williams VC DCM MM & Bar (29 September 1886-7 March 1953), was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for , president of Gannett Digital. "Advertisers who appreciate the value of trusted brands, local content and audiences will be able to reach out to those consumers throughout the day." Mobile versions of Gannett's 84 community daily newspapers, 19 broadcast market Web sites and USA TODAY can be accessed several different ways: * directly by entering "m" before a Gannett site's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. (example: http://m.tennessean.com); * by using a unique market SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. short code keyword which will be used in print, online and broadcast promotion (example: text NASH Nash , Ogden 1902-1971. American writer known for his droll epigrammatic verse, much of which appeared in the New Yorker. Noun 1. Nash - United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971) Ogden Nash to 59523); * via links from the home pages of all Gannett newspaper and broadcast Web sites. A complete list of links is available at www.gannett.com. In addition to deep local community news and information, the mobile sites link to national news, money, sports and life information available via the industry-leading USA TODAY mobile site (http://m.usatoday.com). Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company that publishes 85 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns nearly 1,000 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes nearly 300 titles, including 18 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web. |
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