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Gannett Co. Offers To Buy Tribune Publishing, Owner Of Storied Newspapers

Gannett Co., owner of USA Today, is offering to buy Tribune Publishing in a deal valued at about $400 million. Tribune owns a number of papers in addition to the Chicago Tribune, including the Los Angeles Times and the Baltimore Sun.

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