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Gannett Publishing Services, or GPS, was formed to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost associated with the production and distribution of the company’s printed products across all divisions in the U.S. GPS directly manages all of the production and circulation operations for all of Gannett’s domestic publishing operations including all community newspapers and USA TODAY.

GPS leverages Gannett’s existing assets, including employee talent and experience, physical plants and equipment, and its vast national and local distribution networks. GPS is responsible for imaging, ad production, internal and external printing and packaging, internal and external distribution, consumer sales, customer service and direct marketing services.
The Gannett Imaging and Ad Design Centers (GIADC) serve 79 publishing properties, including all USCP dailies with the exception of Guam and Detroit. In addition to the USCP sites, the GIADC also provides services to USA TODAY and Gannett Broadcasting properties and completes special projects for other internal businesses. GIADC is utilized for commercial imaging and/or ad production by 34 external customers.

Almost all USCP and USA TODAY employees were utilizing a common content management system. The common content management system enables communication and collaboration needed to build strong design remotely. The studios are operationally efficient while enhancing design in publications across the company.
Newsquest operates its publishing activities around regional centers to maximize the use of management, finance, printing and personnel resources. This enables the group to offer readers and advertisers a range of attractive products across the market. The clustering of titles and, usually, the publication of a free print product alongside a paid-for print product, allows cross-selling of advertising serving the same or contiguous markets, satisfying the needs of its advertisers and audiences.

Newsquest produces free and paid-for print products with quality local editorial content. Newsquest also distributes a substantial volume of advertising leaflets in the communities it serves. Most of Newsquest’s paid-for distribution is outsourced to wholesalers, although direct delivery is employed as well to maximize circulation sales opportunities.
Newspaper partnerships: The company owns a 19.49% interest in California Newspapers Partnership, which includes 19 daily California newspapers; a 40.64% interest in Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, which includes six daily newspapers in Texas and New Mexico and four newspapers in Pennsylvania; and a 13.50% interest in Ponderay Newsprint Company in the state of Washington.

USCP delivers content in print and online, via mobile devices and tablets. In a trend generally consistent with the domestic publishing industry. However, year over year USCP circulation revenues increased 3% and digital access increased across all publications, driven by the All Access Content Subscription Model. USCP’s All Access Content Subscription Model has more than 1.6 million digitally activated subscribers, enabling them easy access to content-rich products.