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The Gazette Family of Companies prides itself on being the No. 1 information source in Eastern Iowa. It owns the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Color Web Printers Inc. It publishes the Penny Saver, The Advertiser, Iowa Farmer Today, Iowa Pork Today, Iowa Beef Today and E-Quip Classifieds.
Gazette owns KCRG-TV and a news radio station, KCRG-AM.
Its other subsidiaries include Decisionmark Corp., Gazette Technologies Gazette Direct Marketing Services and Interactive Media Inc.
It's the latter that has moved into Des Moines. On July 1, Interactive Media purchased desmoines.com from Visionary Systems. Though Visionary's focus is on software development and Internet services, the company initiated the Web site in order to bring a variety of information to its users. desmoines.com features Central Iowa news, events, advertising, an interactive calendar and an Iowa E-mail directory. The package piqued the interest of Gazette.
"We came to Des Moines and discovered desmoines.com," says Jim Debth, vice president and general manager of Interactive Media. "We were curious. The more we talked, we discovered that they...