51 FORM 10-K INFORMATION Business of the company Newspaper publishing/United States Gannett Co., Inc. is a diversified information company that operates primarily in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Approximately 88% of its revenues are from domestic opera- tions. In addition to operations in the United Kingdom, it has limited foreign operations in certain European and Asian  markets. Its corporate headquarters is in McLean,Va., near Washington, D.C. It was incorporated in New York in 1923 and was reincorporated in Delaware in 1972.  The company presently reports two principal business  segments: newspaper publishing and broadcasting (television).  The company’s newspapers make up the largest newspaper group in the U.S. in circulation. At the end of 2001, the compa- ny operated 110 daily newspapers, with a total average daily  circulation of approximately 8.3 million in the U.S. and U.K., including USA TODAY. The company also publishes USA WEEKEND, a weekend newspaper magazine, and in excess of 300 non-daily publications in the United States and more than 300 non-daily publications in the United Kingdom. The newspaper segment includes the following: Gannett News Service, which provides news services for its newspaper operations; Gannett Retail Advertising Group, which represents the company’s local newspapers in the sale of advertising to national and regional retailers and service providers; and Gannett Offset, which is composed of the Gannett Offset print group and Gannett Marketing Services Group. The Gannett Offset print group currently includes seven non-heatset printing plants and two heatset printing facilities. Gannett Offset’s dedicated com- mercial printing plants are located in Atlanta, Ga.; Chandler, Ariz.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Miramar, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; Norwood, Mass.; Pensacola, Fla.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Springfield, Va. Gannett Marketing Services Group coordinates the sale of direct-marketing services through: Telematch, a database  management and data enhancement company; Gannett Direct Marketing Services, a direct-marketing company with operations in Louisville, Ky.; and Gannett TeleMarketing, a telephone  sales and marketing company. The company also owns  USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Careers Network and other Internet services at most of its local newspapers and television stations; Gannett Media Technologies International, which devel- ops and markets software and other products for the publishing industry; Nursing Spectrum, publisher of biweekly periodicals specializing in advertising for nursing employment; Army Times Publishing Company, which publishes military and defense news- papers; a 19.49% interest in California Newspapers Partnership, a partnership that includes 20 daily California newspapers; and a 13.5% interest in Ponderay Newsprint Company in California.  Gannett News Service (GNS) is headquartered in McLean, Va., and operates bureaus in eight other states and Washington, D.C. (see page 68 for more information). GNS provides national and regional news coverage and sports, features, photo and graphic services to Gannett newspapers. GNS also is distributed by syndication to several non-Gannett newspapers, including ones in Chicago, Salt Lake City, Boston and Seattle.  The USA TODAY Careers Network, USATODAYCareers.com, is a national online recruitment site that houses job listings from USA TODAY and 80 other company newspapers across the  country, and their respective Web sites. The site provides job  seekers free access to the best tools and resources for making career decisions and finding a job as well as the latest employment news and trends. The site also provides service for employers, including job postings and resume searching. USATODAY.com reached more than 25 million visitors per month at the end of 2001.  USA TODAY International is printed from satellite transmis- sion under contract in London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Milan and Belgium, and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. It is available in more than 60 foreign countries. For 2001, USA TODAY’s advertising revenues and volume declined 22% and 24%, respectively. USA TODAY is produced at facilities in McLean, Va., and is transmitted via satellite to offset printing plants around the  country. It is printed at Gannett plants in 18 U.S. markets and under contract at offset plants in 18 other U.S. markets. It is sold at newsstands and vending machines generally at 50 cents a copy. Mail subscriptions are available nationwide and abroad,  and home and office delivery is offered in many markets. Approximately 65% of its net paid circulation results from  single-copy sales at newsstands or vending machines and the remainder is from home and office delivery, mail and other sales. USA TODAY was introduced in 1982 as the country’s first national, general-interest daily newspaper. It is available in all 50 states and is available to readers on the day of publication throughout the U.S. On Dec. 30, 2001, the company operated 95 daily newspapers, including USA TODAY, and more than 300 non-daily local  publications, in 40 states and Guam. The Newspaper Division  is headquartered in McLean, Va., and on Dec. 30, 2001, it had approximately 39,400 full- and part-time employees.  The company’s cable business was sold on Jan. 31, 2000, and its results for 2000 and prior years are treated as discontinued operations in the company’s statements of income and related discussions elsewhere in this report.  On Dec. 30, 2001, the broadcasting division included 22  television stations in markets with more than 18.6 million  households. 