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Segment reporting
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment reporting
NOTE 12 — Segment reporting

We define our reportable segments based on the way the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), which is our Chief Executive Officer, manages the operations for purposes of allocating resources and assessing segment performance. Our reportable segments include the following:

•Domestic Gannett Media is comprised of our portfolio of domestic local, regional, and national newspaper publishers. The results of this segment include Digital revenues mainly derived from digital advertising offerings such as digital marketing services delivered by our DMS segment, digital distribution of our publications and digital content syndication and affiliate and partnership revenues as well as classified advertisements and display advertisements run on our platforms as well as third-party sites, and Print and commercial revenues mainly derived from the sale of local, national, and classified print advertising products, the sale of both home delivery and single copies of our publications, as well as commercial printing and distribution arrangements, and revenues from our events business.

•Newsquest is comprised of our portfolio of newspaper publishers in the U.K. The results of this segment include Digital revenues mainly derived from digital advertising offerings such as digital marketing services delivered by our DMS segment, digital distribution of our publications and digital content syndication revenues as well as classified advertisements and display advertisements run on our platforms and third-party sites, and Print and commercial revenues mainly derived from the sale of local, classified, and national advertising as well as niche publications, the sale of both home delivery and single copies of our publications, as well as commercial printing.

•Digital Marketing Solutions is comprised of our digital marketing services companies under the brand LocaliQ. The results of this segment include Digital revenues derived from digital marketing services generated through multiple services, including search advertising, display advertising, search optimization, social media, website development, web presence products, customer relationship management, and software-as-a-service solutions.

In addition to the reportable segments above, we have a Corporate and other category that includes activities not directly attributable to a specific reportable segment and includes broad corporate functions, including legal, human resources, accounting, analytics, finance, marketing and technology, as well as other general business costs.

In the ordinary course of business, our reportable segments enter into transactions with one another. While intersegment transactions are treated like third-party transactions to determine segment performance, the revenues and expenses recognized by the segment that is the counterparty to the transaction are eliminated in consolidation and do not affect consolidated results.
We regularly provide management reports to the CODM that include segment revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. Significant segment expenses regularly provided to the CODM, and included within Adjusted EBITDA include Payroll, Benefits, Newsprint & ink, Distribution, Outside services and Digital costs.

The CODM uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the performance of the segments and allocate resources. Adjusted EBITDA provides an assessment of controllable expenses and affords the CODM the ability to make decisions which are expected to facilitate meeting current financial goals as well as achieve optimal financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial performance measure we believe offers a useful view of the overall operation of our businesses and may be different than similarly-titled measures used by other companies. We define Adjusted EBITDA as Net income (loss) attributable to Gannett before (1) Income tax expense (benefit), (2) Interest expense, (3) Gains or losses on the early extinguishment of debt, (4) Non-operating pension income, (5) Loss on convertible notes derivative, (6) Depreciation and amortization, (7) Integration and reorganization costs, (8) Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs, (9) Asset impairments, (10) Goodwill and intangible impairments, (11) Gains or losses on the sale or disposal of assets, (12) Share-based compensation, (13) Other non-operating (income) expense, net, and (14) Non-recurring items.

Management considers Adjusted EBITDA to be an important metric to evaluate and compare the ongoing operating performance of our segments on a consistent basis across reporting periods as it eliminates the effect of items that we do not believe are indicative of each segment's core operating performance.
Three months ended March 31, 2025
In thousandsDomestic Gannett MediaNewsquestDigital Marketing SolutionsCorporate and otherTotal
Revenues$440,070 $55,848 $108,709 $1,479 $606,106 
Elimination of intersegment revenues— — — — (34,533)
Total revenues440,070 55,848 108,709 1,479 571,573 
Payroll124,688 23,452 25,027 24,667 197,834 
Benefits25,201 1,048 3,696 2,286 32,231 
Newsprint and ink14,413 2,303 — — 16,716 
Distribution64,505 3,010 — — 67,515 
Outside services41,227 2,875 2,872 33,314 80,288 
Digital costs42,240 2,000 66,467 525 111,232 
Other(a)
94,631 7,226 2,178 (54,254)49,781 
Elimination of intersegment expenses— — — — (34,533)
Adjusted EBITDA33,165 13,934 8,469 (5,059)50,509 
Interest expense26,083 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt1,274 
Non-operating pension income(1,914)
Depreciation and amortization42,634 
Integration and reorganization costs(b)
9,498 
Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs(c)
323 
Asset impairments1,894 
Gain on sale or disposal of assets, net(20,680)
Share-based compensation expense2,879 
Other non-operating income, net(1,323)
Non-recurring items3,988 
Loss before income taxes(14,147)
Benefit for income taxes(6,814)
Net loss attributable to Gannett$(7,333)
(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 condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).
Three months ended March 31, 2024
In thousandsDomestic Gannett MediaNewsquestDigital Marketing SolutionsCorporate and otherTotal
Revenues$495,719 $60,198 $117,045 $1,604 $674,566 
Elimination of intersegment revenues— — — — (38,805)
Total revenues495,719 60,198 117,045 1,604 635,761 
Payroll134,798 23,663 25,374 24,813 208,648 
Benefits24,366 1,061 3,277 4,459 33,163 
Newsprint and ink18,573 2,624 — — 21,197 
Distribution74,483 3,186 — — 77,669 
Outside services47,702 2,537 2,285 36,545 89,069 
Digital costs45,408 2,396 73,111 524 121,439 
Other(a)
105,909 10,568 4,219 (54,904)65,792 
Elimination of intersegment expenses— — — — (38,805)
Adjusted EBITDA44,480 14,163 8,779 (9,833)57,589 
Interest expense26,565 
Gain on early extinguishment of debt(617)
Non-operating pension income(3,146)
Depreciation and amortization38,298 
Integration and reorganization costs(b)
17,881 
Third-party debt expenses and acquisition costs(c)
178 
Asset impairments45,989 
Loss on sale or disposal of assets, net552 
Share-based compensation expense2,826 
Other non-operating expense, net1,817 
Non-recurring items1,936 
Loss before income taxes(74,690)
Provision for income taxes10,078 
Net loss attributable to Gannett$(84,768)
(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 condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Asset and asset related information by segment are not key measures of performance used by the CODM function. Accordingly, we have not disclosed asset and asset related information by segment. Additionally, equity income in unconsolidated investees, net, interest expense, other non-operating items, net, and provision for income taxes, as reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements, are not part of operating income and are primarily recorded at the corporate level.