Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


          Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
          Officers.

On February 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Gannett Co., Inc. (the "Company") appointed Vinayak R. Hegde as a member of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Hegde will serve for an initial term to expire concurrently with the terms of the other members of the Board at the Company's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Additionally, Mr. Hegde was appointed to the Audit and Transformation Committees. The appointment of Mr. Hegde was not made pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person and he has not entered into (or proposed to enter into) any transactions required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Hegde will receive the standard annual Board compensation for non-employee directors for 2021 (pro-rated based on the effective date of his appointment) as described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the director appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.   Description
   99.1       Gannett Co., Inc. Press Release dated February 16, 2021.
    104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
              document).

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