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Segment reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Year ended December 31, 2024
In thousands	Domestic Gannett Media		Newsquest		Digital Marketing Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Revenue	$1,938,398		$239,273		$477,807		$5,656		$2,661,134
Elimination of intersegment revenues	—		—		—		—		(151,819)
Total revenues	1,938,398		239,273		477,807		5,656		2,509,315
Payroll	530,120		96,526		102,641		98,251		827,538
Benefits	96,329		4,075		12,752		12,831		125,987
Newsprint and ink	67,833		10,187		—		—		78,020
Distribution	276,069		12,755		—		—		288,824
Outside services	176,643		10,396		10,543		141,685		339,267
Digital cost of goods sold	176,959		9,175		295,548		2,052		483,734
Other(a)	412,024		42,750		12,645		(222,844)		244,575
Elimination of intersegment expenses	—		—		—		—		(151,819)
Adjusted EBITDA	202,421		53,409		43,678		(26,319)		273,189
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									33
Interest expense									104,697
Gain on early extinguishment of debt									(55,559)
Non-operating pension income									(12,438)
Depreciation and amortization									156,287
Integration and reorganization costs(b)									66,155
Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs(c)									10,932
Asset impairments									46,589
Loss on sale or disposal of assets, net									1,106
Share-based compensation expense									12,522
Other non-operating income, net									(1,317)
Non-recurring items									21,855
Loss before income taxes									(77,673)
Benefit for income taxes									(51,286)
Net loss									(26,387)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									(33)
Net loss attributable to Gannett									$(26,354)

(a)Other expenses include corporate allocations of shared costs and Equity loss (income) in unconsolidated investees, net, which are not separately provided to

the CODM. Corporate allocations include, but are not limited to legal, human resources, accounting, analytics, finance, marketing and technology, as well as

other general business costs.

(b)Integration and reorganization costs mainly reflect severance-related expenses and other reorganization-related costs, designed primarily to right-size the

Company's employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations.

(c)Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs are included in Other operating expenses on the Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive

income (loss).

	Year ended December 31, 2023
In thousands	Domestic Gannett Media		Newsquest		Digital Marketing Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Revenue	$2,095,853		$233,980		$477,909		$6,268		$2,814,010
Elimination of intersegment revenues	—		—		—		—		(150,460)
Total revenues	2,095,853		233,980		477,909		6,268		2,663,550
Payroll	548,253		93,492		99,942		101,925		843,612
Benefits	100,434		4,002		11,852		15,296		131,584
Newsprint and ink	99,760		13,351		—		—		113,111
Distribution	323,749		13,325		2		2		337,078
Outside services	195,937		10,046		8,319		137,380		351,682
Digital cost of goods sold	180,876		9,876		289,878		1,950		482,580
Other(a)	452,203		39,760		14,693		(219,976)		286,680
Elimination of intersegment expenses	—		—		—		—		(150,460)
Adjusted EBITDA	194,641		50,128		53,223		(30,309)		267,683
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									103
Interest expense									111,776
Gain on early extinguishment of debt									(4,529)
Non-operating pension income									(9,382)
Depreciation and amortization									162,622
Integration and reorganization costs(b)									24,468
Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs(c)									1,550
Asset impairments									1,370
Gain on sale or disposal of assets, net									(40,101)
Share-based compensation expense									16,567
Other non-operating income, net									(3,050)
Non-recurring items									12,454
Loss before income taxes									(6,165)
Provision for income taxes									21,729
Net loss									(27,894)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									(103)
Net loss attributable to Gannett									$(27,791)

(a)Other expenses include corporate allocations of shared costs and Equity loss (income) in unconsolidated investees, net, which are not separately provided to

the CODM. Corporate allocations include, but are not limited to legal, human resources, accounting, analytics, finance, marketing and technology, as well as

other general business costs.

(b)Integration and reorganization costs mainly reflect severance-related expenses and other reorganization-related costs, designed primarily to right-size the

Company's employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations.

(c)Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs are included in Other operating expenses on the Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive

income (loss).

	Year ended December 31, 2022
In thousands	Domestic Gannett Media		Newsquest		Digital Marketing Solutions		Corporate and other		Total
Revenue	$2,379,806		$234,630		$468,883		$5,440		$3,088,759
Elimination of intersegment revenues	—		—		—		—		(143,456)
Total revenues	2,379,806		234,630		468,883		5,440		2,945,303
Payroll	641,747		96,853		93,802		125,478		957,880
Benefits	135,882		4,887		13,698		21,358		175,825
Newsprint and ink	129,077		15,039		—		—		144,116
Distribution	370,594		14,697		—		9		385,300
Outside services	223,365		11,061		10,016		134,271		378,713
Digital cost of goods sold	176,986		9,658		278,573		136		465,353
Other(a)	494,507		42,408		15,214		(227,840)		324,289
Elimination of intersegment expenses	—		—		—		—		(143,456)
Adjusted EBITDA	207,648		40,027		57,580		(47,972)		257,283
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									253
Interest expense									108,366
Gain on early extinguishment of debt									(399)
Non-operating pension income									(58,953)
Depreciation and amortization									182,022
Integration and reorganization costs(b)									87,974
Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs(c)									1,892
Asset impairments									1,056
Gain on sale or disposal of assets, net									(6,883)
Share-based compensation expense									16,751
Other non-operating income, net									(2,286)
Non-recurring items									4,396
Loss before income taxes									(76,906)
Provision for income taxes									1,349
Net loss									(78,255)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests									(253)
Net loss attributable to Gannett									$(78,002)

(a)Other expenses include corporate allocations of shared costs and Equity loss (income) in unconsolidated investees, net, which are not separately provided to

the CODM. Corporate allocations include, but are not limited to legal, human resources, accounting, analytics, finance, marketing and technology, as well as

other general business costs.

(b)Integration and reorganization costs mainly reflect severance-related expenses and other reorganization-related costs, designed primarily to right-size the

Company's employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations.

(c)Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs are included in Other operating expenses on the Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive

income (loss).

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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