It wasn't exactly a subtle gesture. One morning last December, Tom Callinan, editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer, walked into his office to discover a package from his bosses at Gannett, the company that owns the Enquirer and 84 other dailies across the US. When he opened the box, he had to smile. It was a pair of Nike running shoes. The note from Gannett newspaper division president Sue Clark-Johnson was succinct: "Since our work is far from over, I thought you might need a newpair for '07." Callinan—and all the other top editors who received shoes that week—got the point: The nation's largest newspaper chain was in deep trouble, and the editors had better get ready to ran fast.
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