The 6.6% rise at Gannett, which owns 99 regional papers in the US, was helped by a strong performance put in by its UK regional newspaper business Newsquest.
In the UK, Gannett publishes more than 300 newspapers through Newsquest, including 17 dailies including The Herald in Glasgow, which it bought from SMG, and Daily Echo in Bournemouth, the Dorset Echo and Evening Press in York.
The government gave its approval for Gannett's £216m acquisition of SMG's newspaper business, which also included the Sunday Herald and Glasgow Evening News, in March.
The New York Times Company reported advertising revenue for its newspaper group up 4.6% in June compared with the results for the same month last year, but including the results of the International Herald Tribune, which was acquired in January, advertising revenue for the overall was up 6.6% for the month.
Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co reported second-quarter earnings down a hefty 43%, which it largely attributed to the collapse in advertising at its flagship Wall Street Journal.
The financial advertising market has been hard hit and both the Wall Street Journal and its rival the Financial Times have suffered.
Dow Jones said that said net income dropped to $30.8m (£19.1m), or 38 cents per share, from $54m, or 64 cents per share, last time. Revenue was down to $393.6m from $417m, largely due to the 7.9% decline in advertising at the Wall Street Journal.
Gannett reported a profit of $324.3m, up from $303.9m last time, and revenues rose to $1.71bn from $1.61bn a year earlier.
The rise in profits came, Gannett said, despite advertisers suspending or pulling ads because of the war in Iraq and the weakened economy. At USA Today, Gannett said, ad revenues were pretty static and were down just 1% on last year.
The New York Times Company said that advertising revenue rose on strength in automotive and telecoms, while retail advertising was on a par with last year. It said classified advertising revenue decreased due to weakness in recruitment, which offset growth in automotive and real estate.
Yesterday, The New York Times promoted columnist and senior writer Bill Keller to the post of editor, filling the gap left by the departure of Howell Raines, who quit in May following the Jayson Blair scandal earlier this year.
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