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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MOON CRAIG
(Last) (First) (Middle)
(Street)
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/01/2003 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GANNETT CO INC /DE/ [ GCI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Pres./Publisher of USA Today
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 941 D
Common Stock 3,119.126(1) I By 401(k) Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/09/1998(2) 12/09/2007 Common Stock 10,000 59.5 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/08/1999(3) 12/08/2008 Common Stock 15,400 65 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/08/1999(4) 12/08/2008 Common Stock 3,000 70.9375 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/07/2000(5) 12/07/2009 Common Stock 24,000 74.5 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 07/24/2001(6) 07/24/2010 Common Stock 13,500 56.25 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/05/2001(7) 12/05/2010 Common Stock 16,500 54.31 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/04/2001 12/04/2011 Common Stock 2,000 69.35 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/04/2002(8) 12/02/2011 Common Stock 30,000 69.35 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/04/2002(9) 12/02/2011 Common Stock 20,000 72.24 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 12/03/2003(10) 12/03/2012 Common Stock 62,000 70.21 D
Phantom Stock 08/08/1988(11) 08/08/1988(11) Common Stock 5,947.137 0(12) D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This information is based on a plan statement dated as of May 29, 2003.
2. The initial option for 10,000 shares vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 9, 1998.
3. The initial option for 15,400 shares vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 8, 1999.
4. The initial option for 3,000 shares vested in four equal annual installments beginning on December 8, 1999.
5. The initial option for 24,000 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on December 7, 2000.
6. The initial option for 13,500 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on July 24, 2001.
7. The initial option for 16,500 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on December 5, 2001.
8. The initial option for 30,000 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on December 4, 2002.
9. The initial option for 20,000 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on December 4, 2002.
10. The initial option for 62,000 shares vests in four equal annual installments beginning on December 3, 2003.
11. These shares of phantom stock are payable on various dates selected by the reporting person or as provided in the issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan.
12. These shares of phantom stock convert to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Craig A. Moon 06/09/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS


EACH OF THOMAS L. CHAPPLE, BARBARA W. WALL AND TODD A. MAYMAN, SIGNING SINGLY,


THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:




(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of Gannett Co., Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,

5 and 144 in accordance with the Securities laws of the United States and the

rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely

file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and

any stock exchange or other authority where such filing is required; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such

form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may

approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to

be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 9th day of June, 2003.




/s/ Craig A. Moon                   WITNESS: /s/ Todd A. Mayman
Craig A. Moon