Frank Ernest Gannett founded the Gannett media corporation. He was born in Bristol, New York and graduated from Cornell University. Gannett Company, Inc. ... Bristol is a town located in Ontario County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,421. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. ...

At the age of 30, he purchased his first newspaper, the Elmira Gazette (now the Star-Gazette). Six years later, in 1912, he purchased the Ithaca Journal. In 1918, he and his partners moved their headquarters to Rochester, NY and five years later he bought them out forming his eponymous holding company which then consisted of six newspapers. At one time he ran for presidential nomination. Location in Chemung County in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Chemung County Mayor John S. Tonello (D) Area    - City 7. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Ithaca Journal is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper published in Ithaca, New York. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... There is also a Rochester in Ulster County, New York; for that town see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ...

In his remaining years he worked hard to modernize his regional newspaper conglomerate. He was always striving to obtain modern ideas and machinery. However, it was only after he died that the company grew nation-wide. The Gannett Corporation that he founded today includes such newspapers as USA Today. Gannett Company, Inc. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

The libraries at Elmira College, Utica College and Ithaca College are named for him, in addition to the student health center at Cornell University (Gannett Health Services). Elmira College is a coeducational, comprehensive college located geographically in the Southern Tier of New York and just south of the Finger Lakes, a region covered by vineyards and fertile valleys and carved by gorges--the results of ice age after successive ice age gradually leaving its mark on the... Utica College // Introduction and History Utica College (abbreviated as UC) is located in Utica, New York. ... Ithaca College is an internationally-recognized private institution of higher education located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. ...