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The Gazette building located at 500 Third Ave. Southeast in Cedar Rapids has been sold and the paper will be leasing back the front portion of the building as office space. Photo taken Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in downtown Cedar Rapids. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

The Gazette is leaving the Associated Press

Membership with the AP will end April 1

The Gazette is ending its membership with the Associated Press come April 1. This is not a decision we’ve made lightly. We have history with AP. We’ve been a member for decades. Joe Hladky, chairman of The Gazette Co. board, has served on the Associated Press board. We’ve mulled this decision for four years. The [...]

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Delivery of The Gazette has been delayed in the Iowa City area due to a mechanical issue.

4 Gazette reporters, TheGazette.com win national journalism honors

Stories on AgSugar, Coralville Von Maur deal and "Pepe" Rojas-Cardona take first-place writing awards

Amid last week’s whirlwind news on Hurricane Sandy and the last days of election season came some well-deserved accolades for Gazette staff from the Inland Press Association. Reporters Rick Smith, Gregg Hennigan, Erin Jordan and Max Freund all placed in the association’s national journalism contest, as did our website, TheGazette.com. Among newspapers of 25,001-75,000 circulation, [...]

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The Gazette newsroom panorama, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 5/18/2006 lens test.

The Gazette improves navigation, adds more depth, based on reader feedback

Some key changes are coming to The Gazette, beginning Sunday, and many of those changes are driven by feedback from our readers. Click here to take an online survey about the redesign. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. You told us you’re busy and want a newspaper that’s easy to navigate [...]

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The Gazette newsroom panorama, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 5/18/2006 lens test.

REPOSTING: TheGazette.com commenting has changed

Commenting welcomed on Daily Conversations, Reporter Notebooks 12

Editor’s note: We blogged Sunday about changes to TheGazette.com and The Gazette that launched this week, but there’s been some confusion around the online commenting piece. So we’re reposting that part of the explainer for those who may have missed it. Previously posted: Also on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, we’ll launch major changes to online [...]

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Changes in store for Gazette, Gazette.com

CEDAR RAPIDS — Next week, we’re rolling out some significant changes to The Gazette and TheGazette.com. Come Tuesday 9/4, the Community section returns, with local news and features organized by geographical region. This is where you’ll find Dave Rasdal’s Ramblin’ column on Mondays and Wednesdays, a new daily feature highlighting things to do, as well [...]

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Gazette’s new TV Week premieres this week

In today’s Gazette, you’ll find our new weekly TV listings product, TV Week. For the month of August, Gazette readers get TV Week for free in their Saturday papers. If you’d like to continue receiving it for home delivery after this month, you must subscribe to TV Week. Cost is $13 a year. TV Week [...]

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