Gannett Co., Inc.’s (NYSE:GCI) Board of Directors today declared a dividend of 40 cents per share.
The quarterly dividend is payable on Jan. 2, 2009 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dec. 12, 2008.
Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company that publishes 85 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation’s largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns nearly 900 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom’s second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes nearly 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web.
Contacts:
Media inquiries:
Tara Connell
Vice
President of Corporate Communications
703-854-6049
tjconnel@gannett.com
