13 Facts About The Tennessean

The Tennessean is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee.

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

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

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

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

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The 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.

In early 2019, The 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.

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

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

The 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.

The 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.

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

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