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Gannett Elects Board Members, Declares Dividend

Wednesday 05. May 2010 - Shareholders of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today re-elected Chairman and CEO Craig A. Dubow, Howard D. Elias, Arthur H. Harper, John Jeffry Louis, Marjorie Magner, Scott K. McCune, Duncan M. McFarland, Donna E. Shalala, Neal Shapiro and Karen Hastie Williams to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting held at the company's headquarters.

The directors were elected to serve one-year terms ending at Gannett’s annual meeting in 2011. Gannett’s shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young as the company’s independent accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year and approved the company’s amended and restated Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

The Board of Directors also declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share, payable on July 1, 2010, to shareholders of record on June 4, 2010.