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New Weekly Goes After Gannett on its Own Turf
Steve May and his wife Cherry Fisher
May are picking a fight where other publishers
might fear to tread, readying themselves for head-
to-head competition with Gannett.
Beginning this Friday, they will begin publishing an
alternative newsweekly in Lafayette, La., where
Gannett owns both the daily newspaper, The
Daily Advertiser, and its 23-year-old weekly,
The Times of Acadiana. The Mays used to
own The Times, and their anger over what it has
become is fueling their launch of a paper they have
pointedly named The Independent.
"Gannett has destroyed The Times," Steve May says.
"These guys are Sears managers who have a one-
size-fits-all approach to local publishing."
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Angie Drobnic Holan |
08-12-2003 11:29 pm |
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