Gannett got federal regulatory clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act...

Gannett got federal regulatory clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to take full ownership of automotive website Cars.com, the company said in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1pNNB1d). Gannett already owned 27 percent of Cars.com’s parent Classified Ventures, and agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the remaining 73 percent (CD Aug 6 p16). The sellers include former Washington Post owner Graham Holdings, and newspaper publishers McClatchy and Tribune.