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Integration and reorganization costs and asset impairments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Integration and reorganization costs and asset impairments NOTE 7 — Integration and reorganization costs and asset impairments
Integration and reorganization costs
Integration and reorganization costs include severance costs as well as other reorganization-related costs associated with
individual restructuring programs, designed primarily to right-size the Company's employee base, consolidate facilities and
improve operations. These initiatives impact all the Company's operations and can be influenced by the terms of union
contracts. Costs related to these programs, which primarily include severance and other reorganization-related costs, are
accrued when probable and reasonably estimable or at the time of program announcement.
Severance-related expenses
The Company recorded severance-related expenses by segment as follows:
Year ended December 31,
In thousands
2024
2023
2022
Domestic Gannett Media
$11,529
$9,935
$40,654
Newsquest
884
1,762
4,216
Digital Marketing Solutions
1,254
756
434
Corporate and other
1,481
6,064
12,310
Total
$15,148
$18,517
$57,614
A roll-forward of the accrued severance and related expenses included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the
Consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
In thousands
Severance and
related expenses
Balance at December 31, 2022
$29,773
Restructuring provision included in integration and reorganization costs
18,517
Cash payments
(41,362)
Balance at December 31, 2023
6,928
Restructuring provision included in integration and reorganization costs
15,148
Cash payments
(16,585)
Balance at December 31, 2024
$5,491
Other reorganization-related costs
Other reorganization-related costs represent individual restructuring programs, designed primarily to right-size the
Company's employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations. The Company recorded Other reorganization-related
costs by segment as follows:
Year ended December 31,
In thousands
2024
2023
2022
Domestic Gannett Media(a)
$38,096
$(4,353)
$14,921
Newsquest(b)
(1,397)
1
209
Digital Marketing Solutions
807
28
674
Corporate and other
13,501
10,275
14,556
Total
$51,007
$5,951
$30,360
(a)For the year ended December 31, 2024, Other restructuring-related costs at the Domestic Gannett Media segment primarily reflected $25.9 million related to
withdrawal liabilities which were expensed as a result of ceasing contributions to multiemployer pension plans and $9.7 million expensed as of the cease-use
date related to certain licensed content. For the year ended December 31, 2023, Other restructuring-related costs at the Domestic Gannett Media segment
reflected the reversal of $6.4 million of withdrawal liabilities related to multiemployer pension plans based on settlement of the withdrawal liability. For the
year ended December 31, 2022, Other restructuring-related costs at the Domestic Gannett Media segment reflected a withdrawal liability of $8.6 million
which was expensed as a result of ceasing contributions to a multiemployer pension plan, as well as facilities consolidation expenses associated with exiting
a lease.
(b) For the year ended December 31, 2024, Other restructuring-related costs at the Newsquest segment primarily reflected the reversal of a withdrawal liability
of $1.4 million related to a pension plan based on settlement of the withdrawal liability.
Asset impairments
Corporate office relocation
On March 1, 2024, we exited and ceased use of our leased facility in McLean, Virginia and moved our corporate
headquarters to our existing office space in New York. We will continue to seek subleases for the leased facility in McLean. As
a result of the headquarters relocation, we recorded an impairment charge of approximately $46.0 million during the year ended
December 31, 2024 related to the McLean operating lease right-of-use asset and the associated leasehold improvements. The
fair value was measured using a discounted cash flow model based on market rents projected over the remaining lease term,
which goes through October 2030.