Exhibit 23(a)


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 1995, which appears on
page 43 of the 1994 Annual Report to the  Shareholders of Gannett
Co., Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Gannett Co.,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25,
1994.  We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our
report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on
page 47 of such Annual Report on form 10-K.  We also consent to
the reference to us under the heading "Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel" in such Prospectus.





/s/Price Waterhouse LLP
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PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP


Washington, D.C.
December 12, 1995