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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000039899-02-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020807
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020807

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GANNETT CO INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000039899
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				160442930
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06961
		FILM NUMBER:		02721631

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22107-0910
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7038546000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22107-0910
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                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 FORM 8-K

               Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                      Date of Report: August 7, 2002
                    (Date of earliest event reported)

                            Gannett Co., Inc.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                 1-6961                16-0442930
   (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission          (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)         File Number)       identification number)


          7950 Jones Branch Drive    McLean, Virginia        22107
        (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 854-6000


                                   N/A
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



<PAGE>

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
         Exhibits

(a)  Not applicable.

(b)  Not applicable.

(c)  Exhibits.

     Exhibit 99.1        Statement under oath of principal
                         executive officer regarding facts
                         and circumstances relating to
                         Exchange Act filings, dated August 7, 2002.

     Exhibit 99.2        Statement under oath of principal
                         financial officer regarding facts
                         and circumstances relating to
                         Exchange Act filings, dated August 7, 2002.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

    On August 7, 2002, Douglas H. McCorkindale and Larry F. Miller,
the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer,
respectively, of Gannett Co., Inc. (the "Company") each filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a written statement
under oath regarding facts and circumstances relating to certain filings
of the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460 (June 27, 2002).  The statements are
attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

<PAGE>

                             SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated as of: August 7, 2002               GANNETT CO., INC.


                                          By: /s/George R. Gavagan
                                              -----------------------------
                                              George R. Gavagan
                                              Vice President and Controller

<PAGE>

                           EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER   EXHIBIT NAME                                   LOCATION

99.1             Statement under oath of principal executive    Filed herewith
                 officer regarding facts and circumstances
                 relating to Exchange Act filings, dated
                 August 7, 2002.

99.2             Statement under oath of principal financial    Filed herewith
                 officer regarding facts and circumstances
                 relating to Exchange Act filings, dated
                 August 7, 2002.




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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>exhibit_99b.txt
<TEXT>



           Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
     Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Larry F. Miller, state and attest that:

     (1) to the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
     reports of Gannett Co., Inc. ("Gannett"), and, except as corrected or
     supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

        - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
        fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
        the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
        as of the date on which it was filed); and

        - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
        make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
        circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
        the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
        a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
        date on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Gannett's
     audit committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on
     or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        - Annual Report on Form 10-K of Gannett for the fiscal year ended
        December 30, 2001;

        - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
        definitive proxy materials of Gannett filed with the Commission
        subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

        - any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/Larry F. Miller
_________________________                       Subscribed and sworn to
Larry F. Miller                                 before me this 7th day of
Executive Vice President/Operations             August, 2002.
and Chief Financial Officer
Gannett Co., Inc.
August 7, 2002                                  /s/Karen R. Levy
                                                _________________________
                                                Notary Public

                                                My Commission Expires: 2-29-04

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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>exhibit_99a.txt
<TEXT>



        Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
    Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Douglas H. McCorkindale, state and attest that:

   (1) to the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
   reports of Gannett Co., Inc. ("Gannett"), and, except as corrected or
   supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

        - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
        fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
        the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
        as of the date on which it was filed); and

        - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
        make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
        circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
        the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
        a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
        date on which it was filed).

   (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Gannett's
   audit committee.

   (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on
   or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        - Annual Report on Form 10-K of Gannett for the fiscal year ended
        December 30, 2001;

        - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
        definitive proxy materials of Gannett filed with the Commission
        subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

        - any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/Douglas H. McCorkindale
_________________________                       Subscribed and sworn to
Douglas H. McCorkindale                         before me this 7th day
Chairman, President                             of August, 2002
and Chief Executive Officer
Gannett Co., Inc.
August 7, 2002                                  /s/Karen R. Levy
                                                _________________________
                                                Notary Public
                                                My Commission Expires: 2-29-04



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