12 Facts About Nashville Tennessean

1.

Nashville Tennessean publishes several specialty publications, including Nashville Lifestyles magazine.

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Nashville Tennessean created the Newspaper Printing Corporation as a business agent for both papers.

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3.

Nashville Tennessean would earn the additional title of publisher in 1973.

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4.

Nashville Tennessean had begun his career as a reporter at the paper in 1963.

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5.

Nashville Tennessean was replaced by Craig Moon, who held the post until he moved into a corporate position with Gannett in 2002; Moon was later named publisher of USA Today.

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6.

In early 2019, The Nashville Tennessean confirmed that it would be leaving its long-time headquarters at 1100 Broadway for a smaller facility nearby, and that its printing operations would be consolidated with those of the Gannett-owned Knoxville News-Sentinel at a facility near Knoxville, resulting in much earlier deadlines for its print editions.

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7.

In early 2019 it was announced that the Nashville Tennessean would begin to be printed in Knoxville on presses which it would share with the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

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8.

Nashville Tennessean rejoined The Tennessean as editor in 1962, publisher in 1973, and chairman in 1982 before retiring as chairman emeritus in 1991.

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9.

Nashville Tennessean began his journalism career as a reporter at the paper in the 1960s, and returned as editor after a serving in several leadership positions at other newspapers.

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10.

Nashville Tennessean was briefly succeeded by Everett J Mitchell II, the former managing editor of the Detroit News, who was the first African American to be editor of The Tennessean.

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11.

Nashville Tennessean was replaced by Maria De Varenne in 2011, who held the executive editor post until February 2014.

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12.

Nashville Tennessean's was previously an assistant managing editor at the Detroit Free Press.

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