Gannett Co., Inc. Releases June Statistical Report.

Business Editors

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) reported today that total pro forma operating revenues for the sixth period ended June 30, 2002 increased 1 percent.

Pro forma newspaper advertising revenues in June were almost even with the same period in 2001 on a 4 percent increase

Pro forma classified revenues increased modestly in the June period on a 7 percent increase in ad volume. Employment revenues decreased 11 percent. Classified real estate revenues advanced 6 percent, and automotive increased 5 percent.

Pro forma local advertising revenues increased 1 percent on flat ad volume. Once again, the performance of the company's small and medium-sized advertisers in its domestic newspapers outpaced the revenue performance of its largest advertisers.

Pro forma national advertising revenues decreased 4 percent on a 3 percent decline in ad volume. National ad volume at the company's local domestic newspapers declined 1 percent. At USA TODAY, advertising revenues declined 5 percent on a 13 percent decline in paid ad pages to 418 from 482.

For the year-to-date, USA TODAY's paid pages numbered 2,414 compared to 2,777 last year, while ad revenues were 9 percent lower.

Pro forma television revenues increased 16 percent in the sixth period. National revenues increased 25 percent and local revenues grew 11 percent.

In addition to the revenue and statistical summary, attached is a chart, which shows the consolidated Gannett Online audience shares for June from Nielsen/Net Ratings. In June, Gannett's domestic Websites had almost 12 million unique visitors reaching about 10 percent of the Internet audience. Newsquest is also an Internet leader in the U.K.

Ad linage for Newsquest is not included in the ad volume statistics. Circulation volume numbers for Newsquest's paid daily newspapers are included in the enclosed statistics, but volume from unpaid daily and non-daily publications is not included in the circulation volume statistics.

Gannett Co., Inc. is an international news and information company that publishes 94 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns in excess of 300 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine.

In the United Kingdom, Gannett subsidiary Newsquest plc publishes more than 300 titles, including 15 daily newspapers. Gannett also operates 22 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.

Certain statements in this press release may be forward looking in nature or "forward looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward looking statements contained in this press release are subject to a number of risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual performance to differ materially from these forward looking statements. A number of those risks, trends and uncertainties are discussed in the company's SEC reports, including the company's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward looking statements in this press release should be evaluated in light of these important risk factors.

Gannett is not responsible for updating the information contained in this press release beyond the published date, or for changes made to this press release by wire services, Internet service providers or other media.

GANNETT CO., INC.
REVENUE & STATISTICAL SUMMARY

                          Period 6 (June 3, 2002 - June 30, 2002)
                                                                  %
                        2002             2001         CHANGE    CHANGE
REVENUES:
Advertising:
Local              $ 144,643,000    $ 143,718,000   $   925,000     1
National              61,533,000       63,874,000    (2,341,000)   (4)
Classified           152,081,000      151,643,000       438,000     0
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total Advertising  $ 358,257,000    $ 359,235,000   $  (978,000)   (0)
Circulation          102,018,000      101,928,000        90,000     0
Television            59,593,000       51,581,000     8,012,000    16
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total Revenue      $ 519,868,000    $ 512,744,000   $ 7,124,000     1
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

VOLUME:
Newspaper Inches:
Local                  3,010,948        2,997,779        13,169     0
National                 337,223          346,560        (9,337)   (3)
Classified             4,726,392        4,405,056       321,336     7
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total ROP              8,074,563        7,749,395       325,168     4
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====
Preprint
 Distribution
 (in thousands)          808,509          751,442        57,067     8
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

NET PAID
 CIRCULATION:
Morning (w/USAT)       6,765,344        6,797,145       (31,801)   (0)
Evening                1,203,733        1,231,459       (27,726)   (2)
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total Daily            7,969,077        8,028,604       (59,527)   (1)
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

Sunday                 6,865,947        6,897,868       (31,921)   (0)
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

Note:  The above revenue and statistics include the pro rata portion
       from our 50% owned joint operating agencies, consistent with
       past practice.

       The above revenue amounts and statistics have been restated to
       include all companies presently owned.

       Newsquest (which includes Newscom) is a regional newspaper
       publisher in the United Kingdom with more than 300 titles,
       including paid and unpaid daily and non-daily products.
       Circulation volume statistics for Newsquest's fifteen paid
       daily newspapers are included above. Circulation volume
       statistics for Newsquest's unpaid daily and non-daily
       publications are not reflected above. Advertising linage for
       Newsquest publications is not reflected above.


                            Year-to-Date through June 30, 2002
                                                                  %
                        2002            2001         CHANGE     CHANGE
REVENUES:
Advertising:
Local             $  889,155,000   $  896,446,000  $ (7,291,000)   (1)
National             347,970,000      364,612,000   (16,642,000)   (5)
Classified           870,509,000      910,484,000   (39,975,000)   (4)
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total
 Advertising      $2,107,634,000   $2,171,542,000  $(63,908,000)   (3)
Circulation          646,252,000      647,236,000      (984,000)   (0)
Television           358,485,000      334,305,000    24,180,000     7
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total Revenue     $3,112,371,000   $3,153,083,000  $(40,712,000)   (1)
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

VOLUME:
Newspaper Inches:
Local                 18,766,338       19,024,098      (257,760)   (1)
National               1,936,305        1,942,230        (5,925)   (0)
Classified            28,145,046       26,994,619     1,150,427     4
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total ROP             48,847,689       47,960,947       886,742     2
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

Preprint
 Distribution
 (in thousands)        5,027,565        4,884,976       142,589     3
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

NET PAID
 CIRCULATION:
Morning (w/USAT)       6,986,660        7,024,106       (37,446)   (1)
Evening                1,221,541        1,248,232       (26,691)   (2)
                   -------------    -------------   -----------   ----
Total Daily            8,208,201        8,272,338       (64,137)   (1)
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

Sunday                 7,008,670        7,063,400       (54,730)   (1)
                   =============    =============   ===========   ====

Note:  The above revenue and statistics include the pro rata portion
       from our 50% owned joint operating agencies, consistent with
       past practice.

       The above revenue amounts and statistics have been restated to
       include all companies presently owned.

       Newsquest (which includes Newscom) is a regional newspaper
       publisher in the United Kingdom with more than 300 titles,
       including paid and unpaid daily and non-daily products.
       Circulation volume statistics for Newsquest's fifteen paid
       daily newspapers are included above. Circulation volume
       statistics for Newsquest's unpaid daily and non-daily
       publications are not reflected above. Advertising linage for
       Newsquest publications is not reflected above.




GANNETT CO., INC.
REVENUE & STATISTICAL SUMMARY

                         2nd Quarter 2002 (Apr. 1 - June 30, 2002)
                                                                  %
                      2002            2001           CHANGE     CHANGE
REVENUES:
Advertising:
Local           $  461,764,000  $  462,885,000   $  (1,121,000)    (0)
National           180,918,000     189,186,000      (8,268,000)    (4)
Classified         451,459,000     453,200,000      (1,741,000)    (0)
                --------------  --------------   -------------    ----
Total
 Advertising    $1,094,141,000  $1,105,271,000   $ (11,130,000)    (1)
Circulation        320,627,000     320,353,000         274,000      0
Television         191,299,000     178,691,000      12,608,000      7
                --------------  --------------   -------------    ----
Total Revenue   $1,606,067,000  $1,604,315,000   $   1,752,000      0
                ==============  ==============   =============    ====

VOLUME:
Newspaper
 Inches:
Local                9,717,053       9,894,235        (177,182)    (2)
National             1,016,831       1,036,127         (19,296)    (2)
Classified          14,813,612      13,856,594         957,018      7
                --------------  --------------   -------------    ----
Total ROP           25,547,496      24,786,956         760,540      3
                ==============  ==============   =============    ====

Preprint
 Distribution
 (in
 thousands)          2,552,802       2,449,054         103,748      4
                ==============  ==============   =============    ====


Note:  The above revenue and statistics include the pro rata portion
       from our 50% owned joint operating agencies, consistent with
       past practice.

       The above revenue amounts and statistics have been restated to
       include all companies presently owned.

       Newsquest (which includes Newscom) is a regional newspaper
       publisher in the United Kingdom with more than 300 titles,
       including paid and unpaid daily and non-daily products.
       Circulation volume statistics for Newsquest's fifteen paid
       daily newspapers are included above. Circulation volume
       statistics for Newsquest's unpaid daily and non-daily
       publications are not reflected above. Advertising linage for
       Newsquest publications is not reflected above.




                   Gannett Online Internet Audience
                               June 2002




                          Nielsen/Net Ratings

Home/Work Panel Combined
                              Unique Visitors      Percentage Reach of
                                 Per Month          Internet Audience
                                 ---------          -----------------

Gannett Online                   11,541,000               9.6%


Gannett Online includes all domestic Gannett owned Web sites including
USATODAY.com.