Gannett names Tara Connell Vice President of ContentOne

MCLEAN, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today named Tara Connell vice president of
ContentOne, a new company-wide initiative to enhance and improve the way Gannett
gathers and delivers the news and information customers want.

Connell, who was a reporter and editor for 27 years before joining the corporate
staff, currently is vice president of Corporate Communications. A successor will
be named shortly.

Said Craig A. Dubow, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Gannett:
"The mission of ContentOne is to make Gannett smarter, better and more efficient
at delivering news and information to our customers. ContentOne will guide major
event coverage across the company, allow our community journalists to focus on
local news and information and help end duplication. At the same time,
ContentOne will seek new ways to use our content across multiple platforms and
in multiple venues as our customers` media consumption habits change.

"Tara has been central to discussions about content development across the
company and about the creation of ContentOne over the past few years. Her deep
journalism experience, her knowledge of all facets of Gannett and a
fundamentally strategic approach make her the right person to take ContentOne to
the next level," Dubow said.

Connell began her career as a reporter with Gannett`s Westchester operations in
1972 covering local government and the judicial system. She was a founding
staffer at USA TODAY in 1982. She worked at USA TODAY as a reporter and editor
and was named managing editor of page one in 1996. Connell was named director of
Media Relations for Gannett in 1999 and was named vice president of Corporate
Communications in 2003.

She was awarded an American Bar Association Silver Gavel for her judicial
reporting in 1979 and was named Gannett`s Corporate Staffer of the Year in 2002.

Gannett Co., Inc. is an international news and information company operating on
multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV
stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web
sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation`s top employment site; USATODAY.com; and
more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 85 daily U.S.
newspapers, including USA TODAY, the nation`s largest-selling daily newspaper,
and more than 850 magazines and other non-dailies including USA WEEKEND. Gannett
also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary
Newsquest is the United Kingdom`s second largest regional newspaper company with
17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade
publications, and a network of Web sites.

For media inquiries, contact:
Gannett Co., Inc.
Tara Connell, 703-854-6049
tjconnel@gannett.com

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