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era of print and Internet delivery of information to meet circulation growth and the printing quality expectations of our advertisers,” said Peter Arundel, president. He noted that circulation has increased from a paid circulation of 35,557 copies in 1990 to a combined paid and free circulation of 246,837 in 2002. Advertising growth has also been rapid with demand for more color in advertisements.
Peter Arundel said the company had for the past year analyzed ways to expand its Leesburg plant to meet growth pressures for increased newsprint storage, press color capacity, expanded page counts and faster deadlines. The cost of redeveloping its existing printing plan in Leesburg’s historic district proved both too expensive and shortsighted. Study showed that the company would likely outgrow the redeveloped downtown site within five years.
“In my wildest dreams we won’t outgrow the capacity of Gannett Offset.” He called it “the finest printer in the MidAtlantic states, meeting the high standards of USA Today,
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