Action Advertiser
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The Action Advertiser is a twice weekly newspaper based out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
. Its Sunday edition is known as the Action Sunday. The paper is published by Action Advertising. Action Advertising has a printing subdivision called Action Printing.
in 2002. At that time, Action had $25 million in revenue. It currently publishes the Falcon Flier, the student newspaper for the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
, which it inserts monthly in the free Action Sunday to the entire community. In 2007, Action's President/publisher Bob Carew was named the publisher for another one of Gannett's newspapers, The Fond du Lac Reporter.
Action Printing has received the National Association for Printing Leadership’s Gold Top Management Award in seven out of the past nine years.
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for bottom of the lake, for it is located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census...
. Its Sunday edition is known as the Action Sunday. The paper is published by Action Advertising. Action Advertising has a printing subdivision called Action Printing.
History
It was started by Jim Carew in 1970 in downtown Fond du Lac. It was purchased by Gannett CompanyGannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
in 2002. At that time, Action had $25 million in revenue. It currently publishes the Falcon Flier, the student newspaper for the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
The University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac, part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA....
, which it inserts monthly in the free Action Sunday to the entire community. In 2007, Action's President/publisher Bob Carew was named the publisher for another one of Gannett's newspapers, The Fond du Lac Reporter.
Awards
The Association of Free Community Papers awarded the General Excellence or Best of Show awards, the first free newspaper in history to receive the award back to back as the best free newspaper in North America. It has received the award over 20 times including the last six straight years. In 2008, it received the Wisconsin Community Papers General Excellence Award for newspapers with over 20,000 circulation, the fourth straight time it received the award. It received 33 awards for newspapers with over 10% news content.Action Printing has received the National Association for Printing Leadership’s Gold Top Management Award in seven out of the past nine years.