General Info

The Des Moines Register daily newspaper serves Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding communities. The company is a subsidiary of Gannett Company. Gannett publishes more than 85 daily newspapers and more than 900 non-daily publications. The company operates Web sites that offer news and advertising customized to each market served by its publications. In addition, the company operates newspapers in the United Kingdom under the name Newsquest. Gannett also operates more than 20 television stations in the United States and delivers news and advertising to viewers through its Captivate subsidiary. Another Gannett subsidiary, PointRoll, provides online advertisers with media marketing services through partnership investments with such enterprises as CareerBuilder employment advertising, Classified Ventures auto and real estate ads, Topix.net news content aggregation, ShermansTravel travel service, ShopLocal marketing and advertising and 4INFO mobile phone search services. The Des Moines Register is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.