It announced a merger with Gannet in 1976 that grew the combined company to 73 newspapers.
At the time, the group included the Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Chillicothe Gazette, the Evening Gazette and Evening State Journal, Fort Collins Coloradoan, the Sailinas Daily Californian, and the Visalia Times-Delta.
[4] Speidel was the target of a potential takeover attempt by Thomson Newspapers in 1974 which it took steps to block.
Cloud Times, the Argus Leader, the Fort Collins Coloradoan, the Record, the Fremont Tribune, and others.
[11][12] When it merged with Gannett, Speidel consisted of the following newspapers: