USA Today Network<\/a> – the newly-merged unit comprising Gannett’s national and local brands – an opportunity to produce\u00a0“articles, infographics and videos celebrating the modern country music fan”, bankrolled by a brand.<\/p>\nHe thinks heartland markets like Nashville, Indianapolis and Pensacola present opportunities for brands in\u00a0music, motor racing or airplanes… “stories that happen to line up with stories we\u2019re telling our readers”.<\/span><\/p>\nBut that’s the content. Systematically, Gentzel also\u00a0wants to exploit Gannett’s new combined scale: “On the backend, we\u2019re working hard to scale and promote the branded content in native ad units across all 100 of our sites with the potential to reach all 100m of our readers.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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