obituary in Time magazine read that "Gannett, 81, [was a] publisher-founder of an empire that includes 22 newspapers, four radio and three TV stations." Gannett is buried in historic Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. The Gannett Corporation remains a major media empire and holding company to this day. The company has 92 daily newspapers in circulation today in the United States, including USA Today, the nation's No. 1 newspaper. Gannett Corporation newspapers reach 11.6 million readers every weekday and 12 million every Sunday. By 2012, the company also owned 23 TV stations that reached 21 million households, roughly 18 percent of the United States population. On June 29, 2015, Gannett changed its name to Tegna after spinning off its publishing business into a new company called Gannett. 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) and the building that houses the printing and photography programs at Rochester Institute of Technology. The Frank E. Gannett Field House at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania is named after him. Awards In 1939, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Oglethorpe University and an honor Doctor of Letters degree from Keuka College. Further reading Williamson, S. T. (1940). Imprint of a Publisher: The Story of Frank Gannett and His Independent Newspapers (New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce) References External links 1876 births 1957 deaths People from Ontario County, New York American newspaper chain founders American Unitarians Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester) Cornell University alumni Ithaca College Old Right (United States) Candidates in the 1940 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians New York (state) Republicans Journalists from New York (state)