GateHouse, Gannett join, become largest US newspaper chain

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, sections of a USA Today newspaper rest together in Norwood, Mass. GateHouse Media has closed on its takeover of Gannett, bringing about 260 daily papers together to become the country's largest newspaper company by far. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2014, file photo, specialist Michael Cacace, foreground right, works at the post that handles Gannett on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. GateHouse Media closed on its takeover of Gannett Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, becoming the country's largest newspaper company by far at a time when print publications are in precipitous decline. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) The Associated Press