General Info

The Herald-Dispatch daily newspaper serves the tri-state area comprised by West Virginia s Wayne, Mason and Putnam Counties; Lawrence County, Ohio; and Boyd County, Ky. The company is a subsidiary of Gannett Company, publisher of more than 85 daily newspapers and more than 900 non-daily publications. The company operates Web sites that offer news and advertising customized to each market served by its publications. It also operates newspapers in the United Kingdom under the name Newsquest. It also owns more than 20 television stations in the United States and delivers news and advertising through its Captivate subsidiary. Another Gannett subsidiary, PointRoll, provides online advertisers with media marketing services through partnership investments with such enterprises as CareerBuilder employment advertising, Classified Ventures auto and real estate ads, Topix.net news content aggregation, ShermansTravel travel service, ShopLocal marketing and advertising and 4INFO mobile phone search services. The Herald-Dispatch is headquartered in Huntington, W.Va.