Robin Pence Named Gannett Vice President of Corporate Communications

MCLEAN, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today named Robin Pence vice president of
Corporate Communications responsible for media and public relations, employee
communications and the company`s Internet and Intranet sites. Pence replaces
Tara Connell, who was earlier named vice president of ContentOne, a company-wide
initiative to enhance and improve the way Gannett gathers and delivers the news
and information customers want.

Gracia C. Martore, executive vice president and chief financial officer of
Gannett, said, "Robin`s deep experience in communications in the private and
public sectors makes her the consummate communications professional. I am
confident that Robin and her staff will do a terrific job in communicating
Gannett`s story to our employees and to the world outside the company."

Pence has been in the communications profession for more than 20 years. Most
recently, she led international communications for the global power company,
AES. Pence`s past experience includes senior communications positions at Sprint
and the Federal Communications Commission and, earlier in her career, she served
as a Congressional press secretary.

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 84 daily U.S.
newspapers, including USA TODAY, the nation`s largest-selling daily newspaper,
and more than 700 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.
Robin Pence
Vice President of Corporate Communications
703-854-6049
rpence@gannett.com

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