City: Nashville, TN

Category: Media

Telephone: (615) 254-5661 (subscriptions)

Address: 1100 Broadway

Description: The Tennessean is Nashville’s largest daily newspaper, with a weekday circulation of about 174,000. It dates from 1907, but the paper evolved from the Nashville Whig, which began publication in 1812. A newspaper with a liberal slant, the Tennessean is owned by Gannett Co. Inc., the country’s largest newspaper publisher. Gannett bought the paper in 1979 from the family of Silliman Evans, who purchased it in the late 1930s at auction and turned the financially ailing operation into a success. (Gannett had owned the Nashville Banner, which folded in 1998, but opted to sell it in order to be able to purchase the Tennessean.)The newspaper’s “Davidson a.m.” section focuses on neighborhoods and communities throughout Davidson County and is included in the Mon, Wed, and Fri editions distributed in Davidson County. Similar sections are geared to residents of Williamson and Rutherford Counties. The Tennessean publishes more than 30 niche publications each year, including Tennessee Homes, a glossy color magazine on new homes in the area, and the handy FYI, an annual glossy reference guidebook featuring information on everything from schools to shopping. The newsstand price is 50 cents Mon through Sat and $1.75 Sun; a subscription is $17.25 per month.