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

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

1(a) NAME OF ISSUER(Please type or print)		(b) IRS IDENT. NO.		(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
Gannett Co., Inc.		16-0442930		1-6961
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE						(e) TELEPHONE NO.
7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean VA 22107						AREA CODE	NUMBER
						(703)	854-6000
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD	(b) IRS IDENT. NO.		(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER		(d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Craig A. Moon			officer		c/o Gannett Co., Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean VA 22107

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3(a)	(b)	SEC USE ONLY	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities	Broker-Dealer File Number	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c))	Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d))	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e))	Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)	Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g))
Common Stock	Hilary Wallace Deutsche Bank Alex Brown 280 Park Avenue, 3E New York, NY 10017		22,500	$1,960,200.00	271,062,311	On or after 12/12/03	NYSE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  (a) Name of Issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's SEC file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an
          entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the Issuer(e.g., officer, director,
          10% stockholder or member of immediate family of any of the
          foregoing)
     (d) Such person’s address, including zip code

3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days
          prior to filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face
          amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by
          the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities will be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired		Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Common Stock	On or after 12/12/03		Stock Option Exercise	Gannett Co., Inc.	22,500	Upon exercise on or after 12/12/03	Cash or stock
INSTRUCTIONS:		If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller		Title of Securities Sold		Date of Sale		Amount of Securities Sold	Gross Proceeds
Craig A. Moon c/o Gannett Co., Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean, VA 22107		Common Stock		9/30/2003		10,000	$780,000.00
REMARKS:
INSTRUCTIONS:			ATTENTION:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.			The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

	December 12, 2003				/s/ Thomas L. Chapple, Attorney-in-Fact
	Date of Notice				Signature

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)