Indianapolis Newspaper's Future under Gannett May Be Seen in Other Cities.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: July 10, 2000 | Copyright information

Jul. 9--It's hard to fight ghosts.

No one, perhaps, knows that better than Gannett Co., the Arlington, Va.-based media giant.

It has fought them in Des Moines, Iowa, since 1985, and in Louisville, Ky., since 1986. Beginning in August, it may find itself fighting them in Indianapolis and Phoenix, too.

In each city, Gannett has purchased metropolitan daily newspapers that had been under strong family control for decades: The Courier-Journal in Louisv...

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