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Retirement plans and postretirement benefits other than pension (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 25, 2011
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit |
Benefit costs | The Gannett Retirement Plan is the Company’s principal retirement plan. The Company’s pension costs, which include costs for qualified, nonqualified and union plans are presented in the following table:
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended |
|  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |  |  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |
Service cost-benefits earned during the period |  | $ | 1,973 |  |  | $ | 3,383 |  |  | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 10,989 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 42,253 |  |  |  | 41,426 |  |  |  | 126,760 |  |  |  | 132,913 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (52,262 | ) |  |  | (44,787 | ) |  |  | (156,785 | ) |  |  | (144,210 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 1,867 |  |  |  | 1,577 |  |  |  | 5,601 |  |  |  | 5,076 |
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 9,394 |  |  |  | 11,567 |  |  |  | 28,183 |  |  |  | 36,283 |
Pension expense for Company-sponsored retirement plans |  |  | 3,225 |  |  |  | 13,166 |  |  |  | 9,678 |  |  |  | 41,051 |
Curtailment gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (582 | )
Union and other pension cost |  |  | 998 |  |  |  | 1,287 |  |  |  | 2,993 |  |  |  | 3,860 |
Pension cost |  | $ | 4,223 |  |  | $ | 14,453 |  |  | $ | 12,671 |  |  | $ | 44,329 |
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit |
Benefit costs | Postretirement benefit costs for health care and life insurance are presented in the following table:
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended |
|  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |  |  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |
Service cost-benefits earned during the period |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 178 |  |  | $ | 458 |  |  | $ | 535 |
Interest cost on net benefit obligation |  |  | 2,301 |  |  |  | 2,651 |  |  |  | 6,903 |  |  |  | 7,953 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (4,878 | ) |  |  | (4,844 | ) |  |  | (14,633 | ) |  |  | (14,532 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 1,361 |  |  |  | 1,237 |  |  |  | 4,083 |  |  |  | 3,711 |
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit |  | $ | (1,063 | ) |  | $ | (778 | ) |  | $ | (3,189 | ) |  | $ | (2,333 | )

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