CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                       18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                       AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
           SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Gannett Co., Inc.
("Gannett") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 29, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Douglas H. McCorkindale, chairman, president and chief
executive officer of Gannett, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

        (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of
        Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents,
        in all material respects, the financial condition and results
        of operations of Gannett.


/s/Douglas H. McCorkindale
_______________________________
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

November 12, 2002