Ketan Gandhi first Indian President of Home News Tribune

Televisionpoint.com Team
Ketan N Gandhi has been named president and publisher of the Gannett Company's Home News Tribune in East Brunswick, NJ, thereby becoming the first Indian to be a publisher of a US daily newspaper. MR Gandhi, 42, previously had been group controller for Atlantic Coast Newspaper Group and a vice president at the Asbury Park Press and the Home News Tribune. He succeeds John Ziomek, who retired after 33 years with Gannett.

"Ketan Gandhi has a strong record as a financial executive, He also knows the East Brunswick market well. This will position him well for the added responsibilities as publisher." Said Gary Watson, president of the Newspaper Division.

Gandhi began his career with Gannett in 1986 as an accounting manager at the Valley News Dispatch of Tarentum, PA, he also served as controller for Gannett newspapers in Elmira, NY, Warrendale, PA, and Binghamton, NY. Gandhi received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Bombay University, a diploma of business management from K C College in Bombay and an MBA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Gannett is a leading international news and information company that publishes 101 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY. The company also owns more than 800 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom’s second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 21 television stations in the United States.