TEGNA INC — Director's Dealing 2009

May 1, 2009

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GANNETT CO INC /DE/ (GCI)
CIK: 0000039899
Period of Report: 2009-04-30

Reporting Person: Mayman Todd A. (Sen. VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec.)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	271.499	Direct
Common Stock	2151.98	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (692.8046)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2009-12-09	Common Stock (440)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2010-12-08	Common Stock (460)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2011-03-01	Common Stock (300)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2011-12-07	Common Stock (1200)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2012-12-12	Common Stock (3000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$74.50	2009-12-07	Common Stock (4500)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.25	2010-07-24	Common Stock (2300)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$54.31	2010-12-05	Common Stock (3000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$69.35	2011-12-02	Common Stock (6000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$70.21	2012-12-03	Common Stock (7900)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$75.30	2012-12-03	Common Stock (4100)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$87.33	2013-12-12	Common Stock (11000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$80.90	2012-12-10	Common Stock (11600)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$60.29	2013-12-09	Common Stock (7900)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$59.96	2014-12-08	Common Stock (6500)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$35.84	2015-12-07	Common Stock (4000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7.53	2016-12-12	Common Stock (11500)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares of phantom stock are payable in cash or stock, at the election of the reporting person, on various dates selected by the reporting person or as otherwise provided in the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan.

F2: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock.

F3: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the underlying common stock.

F4: The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 7, 2000.

F5: The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on July 24, 2001.

F6: The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 5, 2001.

F7: The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 4, 2002.

F8: The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 3, 2003.

F9: The option vested as to all 4,100 shares on May 5, 2003.

F10: The option vested as to 2,750 shares on December 12, 2004 and as to the remaining 8,250 on December 23, 2004.

F11: The option vested as to all 11,600 shares on October 28, 2005.

F12: The option vested as to 5,925 shares in three equal annual installments beginning on December 9, 2006, and will vest as to the remaining 1,975 shares on December 9, 2009.

F13: The option vested as to 3,250 shares in two equal annual installments beginning on December 8, 2007, and will vest as to the remaining 3,250 shares in two equal annual installments beginning on December 8, 2009.

F14: The option vested as to 1,000 shares on December 7, 2008, and will vest as to the remaining 3,000 shares in three equal annual installments beginning on December 7, 2009.

F15: The option will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on December 12, 2009.