Hasta La Creative!

Al Neuharth, the free spender and practical jokester who built Gannett Co. into the largest U.S. newspaper publisher and created the country’s biggest-selling daily in USA Today, has died. He was 89.

Mr. Neuharth died yesterday of complications from a recent fall at home in Cocoa Beach, Fla., with his family by his side, according to a statement by the Newseum, a museum of journalism in Washington.

Gannett bought dozens of U.S. newspapers, including the Detroit News, and moved into radio, TV and billboards during Mr. Neuharth’s 13 years as CEO. He also boosted the role of women and minorities in newsrooms.

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