Hen gracia martore was interviewing Dave Lougee to become president of Gannett Broadcasting in 2007, she was impressed by the then-Belo executive VP's pure love of journalism. "You could feel it in the interview," says Martore, the former CEO of Gannett Co. and now president and CEO of its broadcasting spinoff Tegna. "It was just absolutely clear that he was very passionate about ensuring that local journalism would continue to thrive in local communities." And when Gannett acquired Belo in 2013 and six London Broadcasting Co. stations in 2014, Martore was supremely confident that Lougee could lead a broadcast division that had doubled in size. "I can tell you, I felt incredibly comfortable acquiring those stations," Martore says, "because I knew Dave and his team would be fantastic and successful as both integrators and operators of those stations."
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