UNITED STATES
                                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


     DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE


                                                               February 22,
2019

  By E-Mail

  Katherine D. Ashley, Esq.
  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20005

          Re:     Gannett Co., Inc.
                  Soliciting Materials filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
                  Filed on February 20, 2019
                  File No. 001-36874

  Dear Ms. Ashley:

        We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some
of our comments,
  we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand
your disclosure.

         Please respond to this letter by amending your filing, by providing
the requested
  information, or by advising us when you will provide the requested response.
If you do not
  believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe
an amendment is
  appropriate, please tell us why in your response.

         After reviewing any amendment to your filing and the information you
provide in
  response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

  Soliciting Materials

  1.      Each statement or assertion of opinion or belief must be clearly
characterized as such,
          and a reasonable factual basis must exist for each such opinion or
belief. Support for
          opinions or beliefs should be self-evident, disclosed in the proxy
statement or provided to
          the staff on a supplemental basis. Provide support for your statement
that "All of the
          proposed nominees are affiliated with MNG and/or its majority
shareholder, Alden
          Global Capital, and given MNG's acknowledgment that these nominations
are intended
          to advance its efforts to acquire Gannett, they appear to have clear
conflicts of interest."

  2.      On a related note, and with a view toward revised future disclosure,
please tell us whether
          MNG's nominees, even if they are affiliated with MNG and/or Alden
Global Capital
          would have to comply with their fiduciary duties in determining
whether MNG's offer is
          in the best interests of the company and its security holders.
 Katherine D. Ashley, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
February 22, 2019
Page 2

        We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff

       Please direct any questions to me at (202) 551-3619.

                                                            Sincerely,

                                                            /s/ Daniel F.
Duchovny
                                                            Daniel F. Duchovny
                                                            Special Counsel
                                                            Office of Mergers
and Acquisitions